Women Do Cry (2022)
A mother stork is shot down from a chimney. A postnatal woman nearly jumps off a balcony. A girl contracts HIV from an adulterous partner. A woman applies make-up to two kittens. A mother looks for magic in the lunar calendar. These events are commonplace for this seemingly normal family, revealing the fine line they live between fragility and absurdity. In the meantime, their country Bulgaria is shaken up by anti-gender and anti-equality protests with an undercurrent of violence. These women are united by a shared trauma, but now they are ready to confront their father’s troubling past.
Directors: Vesela Kazakova, Mina Mileva.
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Maria Bakalova as Sonja |
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Vesela Kazakova as Yoana |
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Iossif Surchadzhiev as The Father |
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Diana Spasova as Didi |
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Bilyana Kazakova as Veronica |
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Dobriela Popova as Tina |
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Rositca Gevrenova as Maria |
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Ralitsa Stoyanova as Lora |
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Katia Kazakova as Ana |
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Jerome Godfrey as Georgi |
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Dragomir Kostadinov as Drago |
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Yavor Kostov as The Gynecologist |
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Siana Georgieva as Baby Katerina |
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Kiril Miloushev as Teo |
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Martin Noev as Homophobe |
| Sound | Andy Cowton | Music |
| Production | Mina Mileva | Producer |
| Writing | Mina Mileva | Writer |
| Writing | Vesela Kazakova | Writer |
| Writing | Bilyana Kazakova | Writer |
| Camera | Dimitar Kostov | Director of Photography |
| Production | Vesela Kazakova | Producer |
| Crew | Jerome Godfrey | Cinematography |
| Production | Christophe Bruncher | Producer |
| Production | Olivier Père | Co-Producer |
| Production | Alexander Ugrinski | Line Producer |
| Directing | Vesela Kazakova | Director |
| Directing | Mina Mileva | Director |