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Pirin is a small Bulgarian village that has been dying out. The only thing that remains, along with its last few inhabitants, is the legend of a mighty dragon that ensures the villagers’ prosperity as well as their misery. Eliza Petkova’s third film is a humorous ethnographic portrayal of the world which survives mainly due to faith and hope. (Summer Film School)
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Eliza Petkova's ethnographic documentary gives sad testimony to the disappearance of people in the Bulgarian countryside, using the village of Pirin as a case study, while also giving the film a certain magical touch thanks to the legend of a dragon. We follow the fate of a select few inhabitants who are mostly stuck in Pirin, and the only way out is basically "feet first". Despite the weighty subject and a few potentially powerful moments, I was ultimately impressed by the documentary's mediocrity.
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