In Italian cinemas from 27 November, Directions is an interesting feature choral directed by Bulgarian filmmaker Stephan Komandarev.

In a modern-day Sofia, a small business owner, who works as a taxi driver to round, kills, in a moment of despair, a banker who needs a large sum of money, then groped in turn suicide. In the night, while the news is broadcast on local radio and national broadcasters, five drivers, each with its own history and its own difficulties, They run through the city streets in search of new directions and new ways to cope with life.

Already after a first, cursory reading of the synopsis, immediately comes to mind us Taxi Teheran, interesting film by Jafar Panahi filmed entirely in a taxi (because the Iranian government does not allow Panahi to shoot movies). Similarly the work of Panahi, This feature Komandarev takes place almost entirely inside the taxi - even telling us not, but many stories, each dramatic in its own way - which is attacked so (not too much) Veiled the Bulgarian Government and where the crisis, unemployment and the money you make the main themes of all the work.

It's not easy, as we know, give life to an ensemble film. There is time and again managed the great Robert Altman, but many others have failed miserably. and yet, a movie like Directions It holds all right. Interesting and well-characterized are, eg, the protagonists of the film, as well as their stories - made only a few minor exceptions. What is less convincing, Unfortunately, the very fact that, as you get closer to the final, the product appears increasingly frayed, the connections between each story are not being used properly, and you might well think that until the end there is something unresolved.

A little bad, But. Especially because, despite everything, we are talking about an average good product, further confirmation of the high production values ​​of a country such as Bulgaria, that, as we know, often he knows how to give us interesting surprises.

marina fears