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Sneakers

Original title: Kecove
  • 2011
  • 1h 51m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
1.1K
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Sneakers (2011)
ActionAdventureDrama

The story of a Summer shared by six young people. It all begins with their escapes from the bleak and dreary City. Each one of them escapes East of Hell... to the point farthest away, the se... Read allThe story of a Summer shared by six young people. It all begins with their escapes from the bleak and dreary City. Each one of them escapes East of Hell... to the point farthest away, the sea coast, a clean and pristine beach. The clean beach brings them together and reopens the ... Read allThe story of a Summer shared by six young people. It all begins with their escapes from the bleak and dreary City. Each one of them escapes East of Hell... to the point farthest away, the sea coast, a clean and pristine beach. The clean beach brings them together and reopens the prospective of hope to them all. But is such an escape at all possible?

  • Directors
    • Ivan Vladimirov
    • Valeri Yordanov
  • Writer
    • Valeri Yordanov
  • Stars
    • Ivo Arakov
    • Phillip Avramov
    • Ivan Barnev
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.5/10
    1.1K
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • Ivan Vladimirov
      • Valeri Yordanov
    • Writer
      • Valeri Yordanov
    • Stars
      • Ivo Arakov
      • Phillip Avramov
      • Ivan Barnev
    • 8User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 4 nominations total

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    Dorothy Brusowska
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    Vasil Draganov
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    Iva Gocheva
    • The Barmaid
    Ivan Moskov
    Ina Nikolova
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      • Valeri Yordanov
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    Kirpianuscus

    about life

    one of films from the East. about same clash between ideals and reality. about refuges, friendship, life problems , need to preserve the age of freedom and to discover yourself in the other. delicate, amusing, dark. useful. for describe a state of a too long transition to an idealistic form of normality. for the beautiful cinematography. for the dialogues. and performances. for the small individual cases. for the spirit of joy. and for the traits of each character. and, sure, for the honest manner to define essential problems. and this is all.
    7Zoooma

    Plot less but kept me hanging on

    Kecove: Bulgarian film about six people who become friends whilst escaping their lives in the city for a getaway at the beach on the Black Sea. Their time turns into all summer long, setting up a camp and meeting more people to enjoy spending each passing day with. There is basically no story whatsoever -- it's just a glimpse into part of their lives. The end is symbolic of the lost youth of today but a little too crazy to believe. Good acting and directing but due to lack of story, while interesting, it's not much more than a reality TV show. Still it kept me hanging on and I was thrilled to see my first movie from Bulgaria.

    7.0 / 10 stars

    --Zoooma, a Kat Pirate Screener
    Vincentiu

    about nothing

    but this is its virtue. old things, a lot of clichés, young people in search of life sense, a beach, fight against law, rules and society, confessions, friendship, bitter melancholia and joy of small things. slices of freedom. and end like part of modern fairy tale. nothing original. but the state of prison in yourself is without limits. and, in crisis hours, this kind of film, with dust of Balkan way to resist against existence troubles, with delicate harsh poetry, with the expressions of a generation frustration, the sea, the dialogs, the joy to be only yourself is really cure. a film about nothing. and, in fact, about all. a drawing. and tool for a trip in his experiences for its public.
    9lachezarmatneshliev

    Quantum of Solace

    Departure your life tax free , if you know what I mean. Entertainment of the wonders of the holiday season. Perhaps more than any form of travel, the road trip is stamped in the American imagination. And when it comes to an East Coast road trip, no region is underestimated. It's a magnificent comic experience. That's all it takes tirelessly, inundating us with manic comic energy. Reach the heights again and the depths of its hugely popular enormous audience is equal double laughs. Your scenic landmarks dominated of the famous garden designed. Very good screenplay , cast and crew highly regards for the acting play performances and directing manage.
    7lasttimeisaw

    Sneakers

    Saw this film in the Bulgarian film festival a couple of days ago, possibly my very first Bulgarian-originated film ever. It is a superbly well-crafted adventurer of 6 strange youngsters congregate at an unknown beach near Sofia and experiences their carefree indulgence with the nature and rediscover a rite-of-passage in their respective inner journey.

    The film, elaborates magnificently a repressive malaise in the city in the beginning, especially with the ferocious tendency towards violence and unjustness. When the sea beach scenario pops up, the backbone of the story finally emerges, a stint of aimlessness is palatable but some interrupting fly-on-the-fall interviews on each character distract the somewhat weary idleness of the hedonistic rapture on the beach.

    A looming mishap is indomitably approaching, all frolic is doomed to be ephemeral, nevertheless the would-be THELMA & LOUISE (1991) ending curbs within a detour to an unrealistic escapism, which in my opinion points up an inconvenient situation of the downhill of a lost youth peer group, and it's not provincial, it's global. The final scene holds the stance of being drolly whimsical and a shade poignant simultaneously.

    The 6-packed cast is favorable in depicting an evocative harmony and the standouts are a tomboyish Marian Valev and the co-director-writer-actor of the film Valeri Yordanov, an intimidating look at first sight, but witty and cordial inside, which convincingly breaches the stereotype of skinheads and tattooers.

    Visually abundant, this film carries an audience-favored narrative and avoids melodramatic clichés to depict the otherwise easily hoarse mutual attractions among characters. It obtained an avid round of applause after the screening, and it was an indeed pleasure for me to fetch an opportunity to watch something recommendable from countries lesser known for their film productivity.

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      The official entry of Bulgaria to the Best Foreign Language Film at the 85th Academy Awards 2013.

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    • Release date
      • October 28, 2011 (Bulgaria)
    • Country of origin
      • Bulgaria
    • Language
      • Bulgarian
    • Also known as
      • Кеды
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      • $182,485
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 51 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • 6-Track Stereo
      • Dolby SR

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