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Stolen Eyes (2005)

Stolen Eyes poster
Original title
Откраднати очи
Directed by
Radoslav Spasov
Genre
drama film
Country
Bulgaria
Runtime
1h 42m
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Christian man and a Muslim Turkish woman struggle with a fraught romantic relationship in 1980s Bulgaria. Their love is tested by the pressures of the state's Revival Process, which seeks to assimilate ethnic Turks.

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What happens

Stolen Eyes (Bulgarian: Откраднати очи, translit. Otkradnati ochi) is a 2005 Bulgarian drama film. It depicts the story fraught romantic relationship between a Christian man and a Muslim Turkish woman in the 1980s amidst the Revival Process. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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