The Good Postman

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The Good Postman
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Directed by Tonislav Hristov
Screenplay by Tonislav Hristov
Lubomir Tsvetkov
Produced byKaarle Aho
Kai Nordberg
StarringIvan Fransuzov
Angela Jekova
Vangel Jekov
Ivan Halahcev
Veselina Dimova
CinematographyOrlin Ruevski
Edited byNikolai Hartmann
Tonislav Hristov
Music byPetar Dundakov
Production
companies
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Soul Food
Release date
  • 19 November 2016 (2016-11-19)(International Documentary Festival Amsterdam)
Running time
80 minutes
Countries Finland
Bulgaria
LanguageBulgarian

The Good Postman is a 2016 documentary film directed by Tonislav Hristov. [1] The film offers a tragicomic perspective on the 'refugee crisis' of 2015 from a small Bulgarian village located near the Turkish border. The village has suffered decades of economic and demographic decline. The handful of remaining residents observe refugee families from Syria and elsewhere as they cross the border, and ponder inviting them to settle in the vacant village houses. This proposal, advocated by the village postman and main protagonist Ivan, polarizes opinions and brings into focus the local people's own fears, hopes and disappointments.

Although the film uses a semi-fictionalised plot, all characters portray themselves in a narrative which closely follows real events which unfolded in Bulgaria during 2014 and 2015. [2]

The film was largely positively received by international critics. [3] [4] [5] An exception was a review by Neil Young of The Hollywood Reporter, who found the film to be "conventional in form and intermittently engaging in content." [6] By contrast, Ștefan Dobroiu of Cineuropa called it "an amazing and complex portrait of life, politics and community." [7]

The film premiered in November 2016 at the Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival. [8] The Good Postman was also the opening film at the April 2017 edition of the One World Human Rights Film Festival, held in Brussels. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ Beriault, Gilles. "Catndocs - THE GOOD POSTMAN". www.catndocs.com. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
  2. ↑ "'The Good Postman' Breaks Every Documentary Rule You Know—And It's Amazing". No Film School. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
  3. ↑ Lodge, Guy (2016-11-22). "IDFA Film Review: 'The Good Postman'". Variety. Retrieved 2017-05-04.
  4. ↑ "'The Good Postman': IDFA Review". Screen Daily. Retrieved 2017-05-04.
  5. ↑ Murthi, Vikram. "The Good Postman Trailer: A Postman Runs For Mayor in a Border Village | IndieWire". www.indiewire.com. Retrieved 2017-05-04.
  6. ↑ "'The Good Postman': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2017-05-04.
  7. ↑ Dobroiu, Ștefan. "The Good Postman: The world according to Ivan". Cineuropa . Retrieved 2017-05-04.
  8. ↑ Murthi, Vikram. "The Good Postman Trailer: A Postman Runs For Mayor in a Border Village | IndieWire". www.indiewire.com. Retrieved 2017-05-04.
  9. ↑ "The Good Postman - One World 2017". One World 2017. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
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