Canary Season
Сезонът на канарчетата
Synopsis
It's 1980. Malin is fatherless, angry, and in trouble. At 20, he's spent a year in jail for assaulting a lover of Lily, his mother. In her desk he finds a soldier's photograph and assumes he's found his father. He confronts the man, now a teacher, and gets nowhere. At home again, he mocks his mother. Finally, she tells him her grim story, from the year before his birth. We see a people's court, where Lily's parents seek justice for their grandchild to be. We follow Lily to a prison camp, to the city where she's told to inform on the only person who's been kind, to an asylum, and finally to her current poverty and loneliness. How will Malin respond to these revelations?
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Paraskeva Djukelova
Young Lily
Plamena Getova
Old Lily
Michail Alexandrov
Young Marin
Petar Popyordanov
Ivan, Father of Malin
Ivo Siromahov
Young Fame
Eleftery Elefterov
Slavcho
Nevena Kokanova
Aunt Addie
Ani Vulchanova
Margarita
Veselin Vulkov
Кръстьо Цветков
Milanka Peneva
Станка Цветкова
Радослав Блажев
Върбан
Пламен Сираков
Таско
Nikolay Urumov
Чико
Албена Ценева
Лада
Mikhael Dontchev
Malin
Key Information & Fast Facts
- Director
- Evgeni Mihailov
- Screenplay & Story
- Kiril Donchev, Nikolai Valchinov
- Original Title
- Сезонът на канарчетата
- Country of Origin
- Bulgaria
- Spoken Languages
- Bulgarian
- Runtime
- 2h 8m
- Production Studios
- Boyana Film, Bulgarian National Film Center, Творчески колектив "Поглед"
Creative Leadership & Key Crew
Evgeni Mihailov
Kiril Donchev, Nikolai Valchinov
Department Leadership Roster
Evgeni Mihailov
Director
Nikolai Valchinov
Writer
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Frequently Asked Questions About Canary Season
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What is Canary Season about?
It's 1980. Malin is fatherless, angry, and in trouble. At 20, he's spent a year in jail for assaulting a lover of Lily, his mother. In her desk he finds a soldier's photograph and assumes he's found his father. He confronts the man, now a teacher, and gets nowhere. At home again, he mocks his mother. Finally, she tells him her grim story, from the year before his birth. We see a people's court, where Lily's parents seek justice for their grandchild to be. We follow Lily to a prison camp, to the city where she's told to inform on the only person who's been kind, to an asylum, and finally to her current poverty and loneliness. How will Malin respond to these revelations?
Who directed Canary Season?
Canary Season was directed by Evgeni Mihailov.
Who stars in Canary Season?
The principal cast of Canary Season includes Paraskeva Djukelova, Plamena Getova, Michail Alexandrov, Petar Popyordanov, Ivo Siromahov.
When was Canary Season released and how long is it?
Canary Season was released in 1993 with a total runtime of 2h 8m.