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A Cricket in the Ear (1976)

A Cricket in the Ear poster
Original title
Щурец в ухото
Directed by
Georgi Stoyanov
Genre
comedy film
Country
People's Republic of Bulgaria
Runtime
1h 35m
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two young men leave their rural village to try life in a big city. Their journey becomes a chance to think about where they have been and where they are going.

lightheartedwhimsicalreflectivegentlequirkytempo-medleynostalgicbittersweetmeandering

What happens

A Cricket in the Ear (Bulgarian: Щурец в ухото / Shturets v uhoto) is a Bulgarian comedy-drama film released in 1976, directed by Georgi K. Stoyanov, starring Pavel Popandov, Stefan Mavrodiev, Itzhak Fintzi, Tatyana Lolova and Petar Slabakov. A comedy with a spice of drama about two young men who live in the country but decide to move to the big city. All the travel turns into a reason for consideration and giving a new meaning to their past and future life. Do they finally arrive in the big city or come back to their village? (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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