The Boy Turns Man (1972)
The action centers on Ran and his schoolmates who are in the last year of school. They are only a few days away from the day when they will have to make a decisive choice: what are they going to be, and what is more important, how are they going to live? In the whirlpool of meetings with different people and mainly with three women, the filmmakers are trying to see the future of their main character. His schoolmate Mariana wants to lead him into family life. The pop singer Neli is the very incarnation of adventurism. However, he is most deeply touched by the salesgirl in the near-by coffee shop Tintyava. This is a wordless affair in which each glance exchanged betrays the piercing excitement of impossible love.
Director: Lyudmil Kirkov
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Nevena Kokanova as Tinka |
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Filip Trifonov as Ran |
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Sashka Bratanova as Mariana |
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Kiril Gospodinov as Filip K. Filipov, Tinka's Husband |
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Anton Karastoyanov as Kamenov |
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Vasil Popov as Atsata |
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Elena Rainova as Neil Yordanova |
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Hristina Ruseva as Ran's Mother |
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Katya Chukova as Headmaster |
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Evstati Stratev as Ran's Father |
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Nikola Todev as Katadzhiyata |
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Katya Chukova as Direktorkata Savova (as K. Chukova) |
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Vasil Vachev as Vuychoto na Ran |
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Lili Eneva as Maykata na Ran |
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Nikolay Lambrev as |
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Krasimir Katzarov as |
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Valentin Gadzhokov as |
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Mihail Botevski as |
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Eva-Maria Radichkova as |
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Nedyalka Monedzhikova as |
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Tzvetana Girginova as |
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Zlatina Dzhambazova as |
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Asen Georgiev as |
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Vladimir Davcev as |
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Radoslav Tzvetkov as |
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Nikolay Atanasov as |
| Writing | Georgi Mishev | Writer |
| Directing | Lyudmil Kirkov | Director |
| Writing | Georgi Mishev | Novel |
| Sound | Boris Karadimchev | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Georgi Rusinov | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Ventzeslava Karanesheva | Editor |