Zift
The night of the man who chewed asphalt.
Directed by Javor Gardev
Produced by Miramar Film, Bulgarian National Television
A noir-inflected descent through a totalitarian city's underbelly, following a disoriented ex-convict through a single surreal night of alienation and moral corruption.
Moth is freed on parole after spending time in prison on a wrongful conviction of murder. Jailed shortly before the Bulgarian communist coup of 1944, he now finds himself in a new and alien world— the totalitarian Sofia of the 60s. His first night of freedom draws the map of a diabolical city full of decaying neighborhoods, gloomy streets, and a bizarre parade of characters.
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