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The Dreamed Adventure

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In a border town in southeastern Bulgaria, a woman becomes involved in an illegal trade to help out a man with whom she shares a special bond. Embarking on a perilous adventure in his stead, she ends up confronting both her own desires and her past.

Critics Reviews

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Ben Kenigsberg RogerEbert.com 5h
It’s one of the most unusual and considered works in competition, worthy of a second viewing with foreknowledge of where it ends up. Go to Full Review Jessica Kiang Variety 1d
Grisebach’s fourth feature is just such a marvel, a verité social drama, cast with non-professionals, that from the improvisational immediacy of small-scale real life, gradually gathers all the elements of a sprawling crime epic. Go to Full Review Ben Croll TheWrap 2d
This is a film of details and detours, digressive above all, cast with non-professionals native to the region. It plays as an ethnographic travelogue, using a potboiler hook for lightly applied narrative structure. Go to Full Review Ali Benzekri AwardsWatch 5h
B+
Grisebach’s camera wanders through the town with remarkable ease. Nothing feels splashy, but every movement is specific and deeply attentive. Go to Full Review Jaime Pena EscribiendoCine 15h
8/10
The first time the word “cartography” was used in a film review, I’m sure the author was imagining a film like Valeska Grisebach’s The Dreamed Adventure. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Rory O'Connor The Film Stage 1d
At 161 minutes and with numerous scenes of overlapping dialogue, this is a film that requests your time and attention, but it builds to one of those closing sequences that both clarifies and alchemises everything that’s come before. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Cast & Crew

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Valeska Grisebach

Director

Yana Radeva

Veska

Syuleyman Alilov Letifov

Actor

Stoicho Kostadinov

Actor

Nikolay Shekerdjiev

Actor

Denislava Yordanova

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The Dreamed Adventure

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Movie Info

Synopsis In a border town in southeastern Bulgaria, a woman becomes involved in an illegal trade to help out a man with whom she shares a special bond. Embarking on a perilous adventure in his stead, she ends up confronting both her own desires and her past.
Director
Valeska Grisebach
Producer
Maren Ade, Jonas Dornbach, Janine Jackowski
Screenwriter
Valeska Grisebach, Lisa Bierwirth
Production Co
Komplizen Film, Kazak Productions
Genre
Drama, Adventure
Original Language
Bulgarian
Runtime
2h 47m