Nikolay Volev – Margarit i Margarita AKA Margarit and Margarita (1989)

Margarit and Margarita is a poignant story of teenage love and rebellion, Nikolai Volev’s film pictures the corruption and moral decay in the late years of communist Bulgaria. Teenagers Margarit and Margarita are in love; consequently, Margarit cannot prevent himself from rising to Margarita’s defense at school when another boy plays a joke on her. Margarit is thrown out of school, and Margarita joins him. At first things are looking up for the new couple, because Margarita has an opportunity to study folk dance with Julian, an ostensibly gay dance instructor and may perhaps be able to join his company. Not only is Margarit jealous, but Julian is too, though of whom it is not entirely clear. Whatever his motives, Julian frames Margarita, and she persuades Margarit to take the rap for her, which he does. Then the lovely girl attracts the attentions of yet another shady character, the lustful and bisexual party boss Nerizanov. Things go downhill from there.

Margarit and Margarita was banned immediately after it was screened by the authorities and released at the end of 1989 to large critical and box- office success. The film constructs a bitter “fairy tale” that challenges political debates on the role of the individual in an oppressive society. Colored by references to local problems and processes, the film offers not only a genuine rendering of a collapsing regime but also a touching observation on the failure of human values and ideals.

1.37GB | 1h 27m | 694×448 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/B4A8C0A979C0016/Margarit.and.Margarita.1989.DVDRIP.x264.AC3.KJNU.mkv

Language(s):Bulgarian
Subtitles:English hardsubbed