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Film

Godless

Ralitza Petrova, Bulgaria, 2016

99 min.Feature

In a remote Bulgarian town, Gana looks after the elderly with dementia, while trafficking their ID cards on the black market of identity theft. At home, she provides for her jobless mother, with whom she hardly speaks. Her relationship with her car-mechanic boyfriend is no shelter for love either - with sexual attraction vanished, intimacy is reduced to an addiction to morphine. Nothing seems to have consequences on the nurse’s conscience, even the incidental murder of a patient, who threatens to expose her fraudulent dealings. Things start to shake up, when Gana hears the music of Yoan, a new patient, whose ID card she has trafficked. A growing empathy for the old man unlocks Gana’s drugged-up conscience, and she is ready for change. But when Yoan is arrested for fraud, she learns that doing 'the right thing' comes at a high price
Basic information Credits Materials
Original title Bezbog
Danish title Godless
Director Ralitza Petrova
Screenplay Ralitza Petrova
Producer Rossitsa Valkanova, Eva Jakobsen, Katrin Pors, Mikkel Jersin, Laurence Clerc, Olivier Thery Lapiney, Philippe Akoka
Director of Photography Krum Rodriguez, Chayse Irvin, Jaclyn Martinez, Slava Doytcheva
Editor Donka Ivanova, Ralitza Petrova, Rasmus Nyholm Schmidt
Sound Peter Albrechtsen
Composer Simon Muschinsky, Di Garbi
Production designer Vanina Geleva
Casting Nina Boyanova, Yanya Bazhdarova, Joanna Ilieva
Appearance Irena Ivanova, Ivan Nalbantov, Ventzislav Konstantinov, Alexandr Triffonov
Production country Bulgaria, Denmark, France
Domestic distribution Klas Film
Danish festival release 01.11.2016, Dagmar, Filmen havde premiere på den københavnske filmfestival CPH PIX 2016.
Danish theatrical release 09.03.2017
Cinemas Valby Kino, Værløse Bio, Øst for Paradis
DFI subsidy Minor
Danish rating Allowed for children over the age of 15
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Companies

Production company
Executive Producer Klas Film
Co-production Snowglobe ApS, Alcatraz Film, Film Factory
With support from Bulgarian National Film Center, Torino Film Lab, Det Danske Filminstitut, Eurimages
In collaboration with Aporia Filmworks
Domestic distribution Klas Film

Direction

Direction Ralitza Petrova
1st assistant director Petar Krumov
Casting Nina Boyanova
Casting Yanya Bazhdarova
Casting Joanna Ilieva
1st assistant director Krasmir Hazarbassanov
2nd assistant director Monika Hristova
3rd assistant director Philip Andreev
Assistant Slava Doytcheva
Continuity Mila Maslarova

Script

Screenplay Ralitza Petrova
Script consultant Marcel Gravel Baulieu
Translation Celia Canning
Research Rip O'Neil

Production

Producer Rossitsa Valkanova
Producer Eva Jakobsen
Producer Katrin Pors
Producer Mikkel Jersin
Producer Laurence Clerc
Producer Olivier Thery Lapiney
Producer Philippe Akoka
Production manager Roussi Lutzkanov
Production coordinator Vladimir Karanikolov
Post-production supervisor Ruslan Grudev (Rocko)
Assisting producer Ralitza Petrova
Location scout Gergana Milfovska
Production assistant Borislav Mitrev
Production assistant Milan Deyanov
Production assistant Velev, Trayan
Production assistant Toma Lutzkanov
Production assistant Xinyu Zhou
Post-production manager Alexander Akoka
Post-producton coordinator Aedelaîde Basson
Post-producton coordinator Hugo Brissaud
Post-producton coordinator Arnaud Cachau
Post-producton coordinator Clarisse Cornély
Assistant Emmanuel Alphonzair
Technical chief Olivier Régnier

Cinematography

Cinematographer Krum Rodriguez
Cinematographer Chayse Irvin
Camera assistant David Edsal
Camera assistant Simeon Kirov
Camera assistant Kiril Prodanov
Camera assistant Konstantin Velichkov
Loader Borislav Zlatanov
Loader Ruslan Grudev (Rocko)
Video assistant Lora Musheva
Steadicam Kiril Valchanov
Cinematographer Jaclyn Martinez
Cinematographer Slava Doytcheva
Key grip Miroslav Borisov
Key grip Ivailo Kirilov

Electrical dept.

Light technician Konstantin Popov
Light technician Plamen Soklev

Editing

Editor Donka Ivanova
Editor Ralitza Petrova
Editing supervisor Molly Malene Stensgaard
Editor Rasmus Nyholm Schmidt

Music

Composer Simon Muschinsky
Composer Di Garbi

Production design

Production designer Vanina Geleva
Set manager Bogdan Ezhbekov
Set dresser Viktor Cherkezov
Set dresser Martin Djolev
Set dresser Boldizhar Uhas
Maler Ivan Petrov

Wardrobe

Costume on set Vanina Geleva
Costume supervisor Yana Sheremeteva
Costume assistance Silva Yakova

Makeup

Makeup artist Ivanka Gorshinina

Sound

Sound Momchil Bozhkov
Sound designer Peter Albrechtsen
Boom operator Alexander Trayanov
Sound mixer Peter Albrechtsen
Sound mixer Morten Groth Brandt
Sound effect editor Lars Halvorsen
Sound editor Martin Stig Andersen
Dialogue editor Morten Groth Brandt
Foley artist Heikki Kossi
Foley editor Anne Tolkkinen
Foley editor Pietu Korhonen
Sound design assistant Mikkel Nielsen
Sound effects Michal Fojcik

Special effects

SFX coordinator Yovko Dogandjiiski

Visual effects

Graphic design Evelina Korkmas
Colourist Ian Bach
Compositing Simon Hillingsøe
Mastering Elie Tisné

Stunt

Stunt coordinator Yordan Zahariev-Zmeia
Stunts M. Kaleikov
Stunts L. Kenarova
Stunts St. Shopov
Stunts S. Varbanov

Appearance

Gana Irena Ivanova
Yoan Ivan Nalbantov
Aleko Ventzislav Konstantinov
Pavel Alexandr Triffonov
Dommer Dimitar Petkov
Mor Ivanka Gorshinina
Raya Petra Elenkova
Tereza Maria Lazarova
Luba Margarita Kostadinova
Georgi Naum Traikov
Nabo Krassimir Yordanov
Politibetjent Svezhen Mladenov
Kirkekor St. Martyr Paraskeva
Dirigent Neli Trosheva

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Type Source Author Date
Anmeldelse Weekendavisen Green Jensen, Bo 2017-03-10
Anmeldelse Berlingske Tidende Sauntved, Louise Kidde 2017-03-09
Anmeldelse Morgenavisen Jyllandsposten Sommer Boysen, Katrine 2017-03-09
Anmeldelse Politiken-Fonden Skotte Christensen, Kim 2017-03-09
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