Canary Season - 1993

It's 1980. Malin is fatherless, angry, and in trouble. At 20, he's spent a year in jail for assaulting a lover of Lily, his mother. In her desk he finds a soldier's photograph and assumes he's found his father. He confronts the man, now a teacher, and gets nowhere. At home again, he mocks his mother. Finally, she tells him her grim story, from the year before his birth. We see a people's court, where Lily's parents seek justice for their grandchild to be. We follow Lily to a prison camp, to the city where she's told to inform on the only person who's been kind, to an asylum, and finally to her current poverty and loneliness. How will Malin respond to these revelations?

128min
1993
Released
Trakio rating0.0/10
IMDB rating7.6/10

Cast

Petar Popyordanov profile picturePetar PopyordanovIvan, Father of Malin
Nevena Kokanova profile pictureNevena KokanovaAunt Addie

About Canary Season

Canary Season Overview

It's 1980. Malin is fatherless, angry, and in trouble. At 20, he's spent a year in jail for assaulting a lover of Lily, his mother. In her desk he finds a soldier's photograph and assumes he's found his father. He confronts the man, now a teacher, and gets nowhere. At home again, he mocks his mother. Finally, she tells him her grim story, from the year before his birth. We see a people's court, where Lily's parents seek justice for their grandchild to be. We follow Lily to a prison camp, to the city where she's told to inform on the only person who's been kind, to an asylum, and finally to her current poverty and loneliness. How will Malin respond to these revelations?

Runtime: 128min

Extra details

Original Title: Сезонът на канарчетата
Original Language: Bulgarian
Directed By: Evgeni Mihailov
Production Companies
Boyana FilmBulgarian National Film CenterТворчески колектив "Поглед"