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Iva works in a clothing factory in a Bulgarian province. When she becomes the first confirmed Covid case in her town, the community blames her for the epidemic. Rejected by her employer, family and neighbours, she becomes a victim of collective fear and stigmatisation.

Year: 2025
Running time: 109 minutes
Country: Bulgaria, Germany, Czech Republic
Production: Argo Film Ltd, 42film GmbH, Negativ Film Productions

Director: Stephan Komandarev
Screenplay: Stephan Komandarev, Simeon Ventsislavov
Director of photography: Vesselin Hristov
Editing: Nina Altaparmakova
Set design: Ivelina Minava
Art director: Ivelina Minava
Costumes: Nadya Dobrikova

Producers:

• Stephan Komandarev
• Katya Trichkova
• Eike Goreczka
• Christoph Kukula
• Pavel Strnad

Cast:

• Gergana Pletnyova
• Todor Kostev
• Gerasim Georgiev
• Anastasia Ingilizova
• Ivaylo Hristov
• Ivan Barnev
• Martina Peneva
• Ovanes Torosian

Stephan Komandarev (1966) is a Bulgarian director, screenwriter and producer. He gained international recognition with the films The world is big and salvation lurks around the corner (2008), The judgement (2014), Directions (2017) and Rounds (2019), which were screened at festivals in Cannes, Karlovy Vary and other international film festivals. He is known for his socially engaged dramas inspired by contemporary Bulgaria.