Having remained alone in his village house, old Gatyo must move in with his son and daughter-in-law in their flat in the city. They receive him with great understanding and sympathy but cannot find the key to his heart. Torn out of his natural environment and left bewilderingly rootless, this good man cannot adapt himself to the urban way of life. He does not like the mayonnaise he is offered, does not know how to use the lift. The people hurrying in the streets seem to him indifferent, and some even sly and deceitful. He sees the city as a place full of hostile people and inanimate objects. He badly misses the warm human touch of his village. Death is the only possible solution to the tragic conflict of this peasant, crucified between the archaic and the modern, and unable to adapt to the urban lifestyle.

Cast & crew

Christo Christov

Director

Nikola Dadov

Gatyo

Nevena Kokanova

Daughter-in-law

Marin Yanev

Son

Pavel Popandov

Photographer

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Nikolay Kedev

Granddaughter

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Sasho Simov

Botyo

E

Evangeliya Tuparova

Gatyo's wife

G

Georgi Bilalov

Chairman of TKZS

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Georgi Hristov

Vatmanat

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Nikolay Nachkov

Pticharyat

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Radka Sarafova

The old woman

D

Damyan Antonov

Partien secretary

Ivan Gaydardzhiev

Doktorat

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Anton Marinov

General

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Pencho Bogdanov

Plamen