Eastern Plays

Oct 16, 2009

1h 23m

★ 6.5

Overview

Two estranged brothers are brought together when they have opposite roles in a racist beating: while Georgi who's recently joined a neo-nazi group participates in the violence, Hristo witnesses and rescues a Turkish family. Only by reuniting will the two brothers be able to assess what they really want from life.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Chimney Sweden

Waterfront Film

Film i Väst

Eastern Plays Trailers

Cast

Itso

Christo Christov

Georgi

Ovanes Torosian

Isil

Saadet Işıl Aksoy

Niki

Nikolina Yancheva

Itso and Georgi's Father

Ivan Nalbantov

Itso and Georgi's Stepmother

Krasimira Demirova

Isil's Mother

Hatice Aslan

Isil's Father

Kerem Atabeyoğlu

Drega

Alexander Radanov

Angela

Anjela Nedyalkova

Bodyguard

Kaloyan Lenkov

Koyno

Velislav Pavlov

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7.0

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6.4

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6.1

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6.2

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7.2

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5.6

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7.2

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7.3

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7.3

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6.4

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10.0

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7.3

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