Cinema
Dangerous Charm
Опасен чар
Ivan Andonov · 1984
Synopsis
Gencho Gunchev, an educated and charming swindler, goes from town to town under false names drawn from birds, Orelski, Yastrebovski, Pelikanski or Sokolov. He seduces lonely, credulous women with a proposal of marriage, then leaves with their money, and also poses as an inspector in order to extract bribes from craftsmen. Wanted by the militia, he even goes so far as to fake his own death; in Burgas, he falls for a schoolteacher, Boriana.
Context
It is a television film, the sixth instalment of the crime series Avis de recherche, released on 18 June 1984. The screenplay is by Svoboda Batchvarova, the cinematography by Plamen Wagenstein, the music by Georgi Genkov, and Todor Kolev plays the lead, alongside Nevena Kokanova, Tatiana Lolova and Stefan Mavrodiev. The film is full of lines that have remained famous, and its screenplay was published as a book three years later.
Who it is for
A comedy of episodes a little under an hour and a half long; the film circulates online, and nothing exists in French.
Prizes and reception
Grand Prize at the Chianciano Terme television film festival, distinguished at Chamrousse, acting prize at Gabrovo and the screenplay prize of the Bulgarian filmmakers.
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