The World is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner
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The World is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner
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Svetăt e goljam i spasenie debne otvsjakăde
Directed by:
Stephan KomandarevCast:
Predrag 'Miki' Manojlovic, Carlo Ljubek, Ana Papadopulu, Dorka Gryllus, Heinz-Josef Braun, Erden Alkan, Jana Thies, Meray Ülgen, Corinna Waldbauer (more)Plots(1)
What's in a game? For a young man, who has left his country behind, lost his memory and forgotten his love, the game might be the only way out. This is a story about a Bulgarian boy who grows up to be a German man. After a car accident Alex can't remember even what his name is. In an attempt to cure him from amnesia, his grandfather Bai Dan comes over to Germany and organizes a spiritual journey for his grandson back into his past, to the country where he came from. In changing places, time and transport, crossing half Europe, they play backgammon, the simplest, and yet the most complex of all games. That game leads Alex to the realizations of who he is, and that game is symbolic to the story. Destiny is the dice we hold in our own hands and life is a game on the edge between chance and skill. (official distributor synopsis)
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Isn’t the whole bike journey a bit over the top? Riding from Germany to Bulgaria as some kind of cleansing experience to help the main character rediscover his life? But hey, why not? He has some amazing moments along the way, making it worth watching. And as for Grandpa Miki Manojlovic? I had one just like him—tough as nails but impossible not to love. If you’ve had someone like that in your life, you know exactly how important they are. When you're down and they tell you, "The world is big, and salvation lurks around the corner," it reminds you that despite everything, life is still incredibly beautiful. You just have to open your eyes.
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