Villa Zone (Bulgarian: Вилна зона, romanized: Vilna zona) is a Bulgarian comedy-drama film released in 1975, directed by Eduard Zahariev, starring Itzhak Fintzi, Katya Paskaleva, Naum Shopov, Anton Karastoyanov, Evstati Stratev, Valcho Kamarashev and Georgi Rusev.

Вилна зона Vilna zona (Villa Zone)
The main characters depicted on the new DVD cover. Yonko (Itzhak Fintzi, bottom) his wife Stefka (Katya Paskaleva), Stefka's brother Mincho Minchev (Naum Shopov, left) and the "problem" neighbour Pervazov (Anton Karastoyanov, above).
Directed by	Eduard Zahariev
Written by	Georgi Mishev
Starring	Itzhak Fintzi Katya Paskaleva Naum Shopov
Cinematography	Radoslav Spasov
Music by	Kiril Donchev
Production companies	Bulgarian Cinematography Studio of Featured Films (SFF) Film Unite Mladost[1]
Release date	1975 (1975)
Running time	79 minutes
Country	Bulgaria
Language	Bulgarian

The movie presents the popular tradition in Bulgaria, during the last decades of the 20th century, of organizing a feast in honor of just graduated at the school boys who have to join the army as recruits. In this particular case, the event is taking place in one of the so-called villa zones which are located around the towns. A sunny autumn day is gradually covered by the conflicts between generations, between neighbors and between different social statuses.

The film won a Special Prize of the Jury at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.[2][3] Villa Zone is one of the hits of the Bulgarian cinematography from those years.[1]

Cast

• Itzhak Fintzi as Yonko (Emo's father)
• Katya Paskaleva as Stefka (Yonko's wife)
• Naum Shopov as Mincho Minchev (Yonko's brother-in-law, Stefka's brother)
• Anton Karastoyanov as Pervazov (the "problem" neighbour)
• Evstati Stratev as the correspondence student
• Valcho Kamarashev as the cousin
• Georgi Rusev as a friend neighbour
• Stefka Berova as Mihaylova
• Ivan Yanchev as Nedev (Yonko's boss)
• Nevena Simeonova as Nedev's wife
• Grozdan Dobrev as Emo (Yonko and Stefka's son)

References

Sources

• Gencheva, Galina (2008). Bulgarian Feature Films encyclopedia. Sofia: Publishing house "Dr Ivan Bogorov". ISBN 978-954-316-069-3.
• Kovachev, Pencho (2008). 50 Golden Bulgarian Films. Sofia: Publishing house "Zahariy Stoyanov". ISBN 978-954-09-0281-4.

External links

• Villa Zone at IMDb
• Villa Zone at the Bulgarian National Television (in Bulgarian)