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Under the Skins
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Under the Skins

May 1, 2025
0h 24m
★ 0.0

Overview

As Dimitar’s decades-long fight against enviousness, laziness and prejudice to keep the kukeri tradition in his region alive proves successful, it turns out to have really been a journey towards finding and maintaining his own inner peace all along. Told through a series of interviews and slices-of-life ranging from the tragic to the euphotic is a story of love and resilience.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Krastyo Sarafov National Academy for Film and Theatre Arts
Daruma Production

Cast

Dimitar Kehayov

Self

Dimitar Kehayov

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