The Truck
Камионът
Synopsis
A study in human psychology that uses five disparate characters from clearly defined social positions, this film offers as much insight into the society of a changing Bulgaria, as it does into the minds of individuals in conflict. The story centers around transporting a worker's corpse, in a truck, to the mountain village where he was born. In the truck is: a man who may be suffering from tuberculosis, and who has an unfaithful wife at home; a doctor (the intellectual); a bookkeeper worried over the salaries she pays out; a hermit picked up on the road; and the driver who is a rough-and-ready working-class symbol. The seeds for conflict are set both by the personalities of the five in the truck and by their social background. The director Christo Christov, acknowledges his debt to Henri-Georges Clouzot and the Wages of Fear, for inspiration in the treatment of human conflict, its development through a set storyline, and its resolution in each of the five cases.
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Key Information & Fast Facts
- Director
- Christo Christov
- Screenplay & Story
- Christo Christov, Emil Kaluchev, Kosta Strandjev
- Original Title
- Камионът
- Country of Origin
- Bulgaria
- Spoken Languages
- Bulgarian
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Production Studios
- Boyana Film
Creative Leadership & Key Crew
Christo Christov
Christo Christov, Emil Kaluchev, Kosta Strandjev
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Christo Christov
Director
Christo Christov
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What is The Truck about?
A study in human psychology that uses five disparate characters from clearly defined social positions, this film offers as much insight into the society of a changing Bulgaria, as it does into the minds of individuals in conflict. The story centers around transporting a worker's corpse, in a truck, to the mountain village where he was born. In the truck is: a man who may be suffering from tuberculosis, and who has an unfaithful wife at home; a doctor (the intellectual); a bookkeeper worried over the salaries she pays out; a hermit picked up on the road; and the driver who is a rough-and-ready working-class symbol. The seeds for conflict are set both by the personalities of the five in the truck and by their social background. The director Christo Christov, acknowledges his debt to Henri-Georges Clouzot and the Wages of Fear, for inspiration in the treatment of human conflict, its development through a set storyline, and its resolution in each of the five cases.
Who directed The Truck?
The Truck was directed by Christo Christov.
Who stars in The Truck?
The principal cast of The Truck includes Grigor Vachkov, Lilyana Kovacheva, Veselin Vulkov, Stefan Dimitrov, Djoko Rosic.
When was The Truck released and how long is it?
The Truck was released in 1980 with a total runtime of 1h 48m.