Christmas Tree Upside Down

(2006)

★ 6.4 IMDb · 163 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 2006

Runtime: 127 мин

Country: Bulgaria

Director: Vasil Zhivkov, Ivan Tscherkelov

Cast: Alexandra Vassileva, Stoyan Stoyanov, Anton Radichev, Slava Doytcheva, Георги Черкелов, Dragomir Sholev

Plot

A gigantic Christmas tree travels across Bulgaria towards the capital passing birthdays, pregnancies, a suicidal man and gypsies. The countless stories on the way sketch a realistic and poetic image of this brand new member of the European Union.

A huge spruce is cut down in the mountains to be used as a Christmas tree in the center of Sofia. As it is transported across the country it becomes the link between six stories that explore celebration or the luck of celebration in the everyday lives of the protagonists. The structure of the film is fragmentary, as our life is these days and the stories resemble snapshots of existence - moments of cruelty and longing, of beauty and disgrace... The tree is already decorated - the celebration may began!