Glory

Name: Glory
Genre: Drama
Released: April 12, 2017
Duration: 101 min
Rating: 83

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Film Movement | Release Date: April 12, 2017 | Not Rated

Summary: Tsanko Petrov, a railroad worker, finds millions of leva on the train tracks. He decides to turn the money over to the police, for which the state rewards him with a new wristwatch that soon stops working. Meanwhile, Julia Staikova, head of the PR department of the Ministry of Transport, loses Petrov's old watch, a family relic. Here startsTsanko Petrov, a railroad worker, finds millions of leva on the train tracks. He decides to turn the money over to the police, for which the state rewards him with a new wristwatch that soon stops working. Meanwhile, Julia Staikova, head of the PR department of the Ministry of Transport, loses Petrov's old watch, a family relic. Here starts his desperate struggle to recover both his old watch and his dignity. [Film Movement]… Expand

Director: Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 101 min

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Glenn Kenny

Apr 12, 2017

The variable incongruities of Glory give it a queasy power uncommon in contemporary cinema. It’s the feel-bad movie of the spring. Read full review

Allan Hunter

Apr 10, 2017

Expertly paced, Glory builds to a cleverly staged off-camera climax that perfectly caps everything that has gone before. Read full review

Jordan Mintzer

Apr 10, 2017

Directed with wit and structural precision — there is not a single moment in the film that feels wasted or doesn’t pay off later on — Glory uses two vastly opposing characters (a communications specialist vs. someone who can barely communicate at all) to depict a society riddled with fraud and cruelty. Read full review

Jay Weissberg

Apr 10, 2017

The film quietly builds to a feeling of inexorable disaster, guided by terrific performances as well as spot-on editing. Read full review

Tom Dawson

Jan 20, 2018

Shot with doc-style immediacy, it expertly builds to a shocking climax. Read full review

Christopher Gray

Apr 9, 2017

The film's rough-hewn naturalism belies an exquisite sense of pace and a sneaky breed of gallows humor. Read full review

IndieWire Eric Kohn

Apr 10, 2017

It’s so confidently directed and performed that even the obvious bits sink in. Read full review

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FilmJunkie2020

Nov 11, 2017

Stuck in the suffocating world of post-communist Bulgaria, Glory offers us a chance to step into the shoes of those that are tasked with helping the country move forward. It does this by wrapping itself around the life of a common man whose thoughts, ambitions and experiences are at onceStuck in the suffocating world of post-communist Bulgaria, Glory offers us a chance to step into the shoes of those that are tasked with helping the country move forward. It does this by wrapping itself around the life of a common man whose thoughts, ambitions and experiences are at once easily dismissable and deeply poignant and important.… Expand

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Mauro_Lanari

Sep 8, 2019

(Mauro Lanari)
"Something is rotten even in the state of Bulgaria": Shakespeare already knew it, it is known everywhere and since forever; moreover, with a style steeped in sarcasm and realism, the film is lost in a foregone parable in the results and in the performance.

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