ewan-913-350181 Review of Vazvishenie

Vazvishenie (2017)

Based on real historical events and it's NOT a comedy!

[9/10 · 14 January 2018]

Although this movie is full of funny moments, it is NOT a comedy, but drama. The story is based on real historical events. The historical time frame is when Bulgaria was still under Turkish occupation and there were some brave Bulgarians who were fighting against Turkish invaders with the purpose to liberate Bulgarian nation. A Bulgarian revolutionary man named Dimitar Obshti make a plan to rob the Turkish government money during its transportation and use this money to support the revolution. The real story is a tragic story, because in the end, all men involved in the robbery had been caught, the leader Dimitar Obshti was tortured and killed by the Turkish government, and many other Bulgarian revolutionists were uncovered and liquidated. OK, this movie is based on this real story but it's not strictly about what historically happened... Heights has double meaning here...heights are the higher point of the mountain where the revolutionists front their death...but also the highest heights that someone can achieve... Ordinary people's heights are commonly too shallow, because common people are selfish, greedy, cowardly, inconsistent...The "revolution" seems like a funny game for this group of outlaws men, but when the game become boring, difficult and bitter, we will see who of these revolutionists will remain in his highest heights and who will fail... Can we call a hero the man who risk his life to save his friend, but betray the rest of the team? Can we call a hero the man who risk his life to supply money for the revolution and liberation of his nation, but the same man betray the revolution's leader?... In this movie we will see who is the real hero, the most uncommon revolutionist, the unknown simple man, who the history will not remember and the nation will not give an appreciation... Watch this movie! All the time you will laugh till tears, but in the end you will find out, that your tears convert to real ones...