Only a few great shots, almost no music, zero special effects. However the acting is superb! Casting is spot on. Both children and grown ups deliver a truly convincing and immersive story. Beni's role of the grandmother is fun and witty as cool grandmothers are. Natalya's role is full of micro emotions which could be felt through the screen. The kids play amazingly well.
Instead of showing images on the screen, the director was drawing them straight in your head, adding sounds, smells and even tastes from the viewer's childhood.
It is both the memories and nostalgia which cause huge waves of emotions throughout the whole movie.
Communist Bulgaria was so well detailed, that I did not hesitate to belive it for a second. The only "bug" I found is when the two kids lie on the ground and the girls used the slang "yako" (cool) which became fashionable much later.
Viewers, who were born after 1986 missed the communism and I wonder how would they react on this movie.
For everyone older, the movie is a perfect ten!
