Moeto manichko nishto

The synopsis in the Sofia Film Festival informed that it is a film about the trade of babies: "although giving a trustworthy picture of the whole process, its focus is on the moral dimensions of the problem". Unfortunately the synopsis was just a good wish to the director. The film did not deliver any of it.

The baby trade, indeed an existing and serious problem, was used just as a pretext for yet another plain Bulgarian film lamenting the ugly post-communist life. It joins an already long sequence of films like that. Bulgarian film-makers seem to take some sort of masochistic satisfaction in making features about the new class of rich capitalists a.k.a criminals, inventing a plenty of brutal characters and sickening stories, but no serious content beyond that.

The story is quite artificial, much of the actor play also feels artificial (I would blame more the director than the actors). Although the topic should offer a lot of material for inner drama and reflection, there is little psychological deepening for any of the characters. Certainly, they don't seem to notice any 'moral dimensions' about their actions.