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Cry for Help

1986 · 109 min

A bleak, slow-burn character study that immerses you in a young man's despair and the indifference around him.

Overview
20-year-old Georgi was adopted as a child. The family falls apart though and he ends up in a youth detention center. When released, he comes to face people's selfishness and disregard, He begins to steal things. The investigator working on his case talks to his adopted parents, his girlfriend and friends. Hiding from the police, Georgi ends up in a small town at the Black sea coast. He falls in love with his friend's sister Yana. Yet again, he finds no sympathy and understanding. He steals again. The investigator wants to help him but Georgi has given up all hope. He wants to commit suicide. Yana is the last spark of hope to bring him back to life.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • family
  • betrayal
  • grief
  • redemption
Places
  • small town
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour1
Realism8
Romance4
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
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Written by
Boyan Biolchev
Starring
Ivaylo Geraskov, Pavel Popandov, Popova Eljana Nikolova, Veselin Nedyalkov, Violeta Bahchevanova, Domna Ganeva, Yordan Spirov, Naicho Petrov
Runtime
109 min
Country
Bulgaria
Languages
Bulgarian

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