Glory (2016 film)

Glory
French theatrical release poster
BulgarianСлава
Directed by
Written by
  • Kristina Grozeva
  • Petar Valchanov
  • Decho Taralezhkov[3]
Produced by
  • Kristina Grozeva
  • Petar Valchanov
Starring
  • Stefan Denolyubov
  • Margita Gosheva
CinematographyKrum Rodriguez
Edited byPetar Valchanov
Music byHristo Namliev[1]
Production
companies
  • Abraxas Film
  • Graal Films
  • Screening Emotions
  • Aporia Filmworks
  • Red Carpet
Distributed byFilm Movement (United States)
Release dates
Running time
101 minutes
Countries
  • Bulgaria
  • Greece[3]
LanguageBulgarian
Box office$92,649[4][5]

Glory (Bulgarian: Слава, translit. Slava) is a 2016 Bulgarian drama film written and directed by Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov.[3][6] The second film in the directors' "newspaper-clippings trilogy",[7] the film is a social-realist parable exploring the themes of corruption, class differences, and the rural-urban divide, in contemporary Bulgarian society.[3] It was selected as the Bulgarian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.[8][9]

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  2. ^ "34th Golden Rose Bulgarian Feature Film Festival: Competition" (PDF). 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d Jay Weissberg (5 August 2016). "Film Review: 'Glory'". Variety. Archived from the original on 4 June 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  4. ^ "Glory (2017)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 20 May 2022. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  5. ^ "Slava". The Numbers. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  6. ^ ""Слава" на Кристина Грозева и Петър Вълчанов си има американски дистрибутор". cinefish.bg. 14 September 2016. Archived from the original on 24 October 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  7. ^ Ștefan Dobroiu (18 July 2016). "Two Bulgarian films in competition at Locarno". Cineuropa. Archived from the original on 24 October 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  8. ^ "Филмът "Слава" на Кристина Грозева и Петър Вълчанов е българското предложение за "Оскар" за чуждоезичeн филм". Focus News (in Bulgarian). 13 September 2017. Archived from the original on 13 September 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  9. ^ Holdsworth, Nick (13 September 2017). "Oscars: Bulgaria Selects 'Glory' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 13 September 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2017.