Blaga’s Lessons (HKIFF48)
Genre
SPECIAL PROGRAMME
Release Date
3 Apr 2024 (Wed)
Category
--- (HK), ---(Macau)
Running Time
114 Minutes
Language
Belarusian
Subtitle
Chinese and English
Director
Stephan Komandarev
Cast
Eli Skorcheva, Gerasim Georgiev, Rozalia Abgarian
Synopsis
Blaga is a seventy-year-old retired teacher who has been recently widowed. When she falls victim to a gang of telephone scammers, she loses her life savings, which were to go towards a grave for her husband, as well as her dignity. As she searches desperately for work, her strong morals steadily begin to erode. Local audiences will be only too familiar with this increasingly omniscient blight of criminality, and the frustration and shame that comes with falling prey to such ruses, which Komandarev parlays deftly into a withering commentary on modern society.
Blaga is a seventy-year-old retired teacher who has been recently widowed. When she falls victim to a gang of telephone scammers, she loses her life savings, which were to go towards a grave for her husband, as well as her dignity. As she searches desperately for work, her strong morals steadily begin to erode. Local audiences will be only too familiar with this increasingly omniscient blight of criminality, and the frustration and shame that comes with falling prey to such ruses, which Komandarev parlays deftly into a withering commentary on modern society.
