Tsvetan Todorov

In a small Bulgarian town a young man faces a crisis when his girlfriend plans to emigrate abroad. Angered, he breaks into the abandoned local factory and starts working without any specific purpose, ideology, or political agenda. But this unusual form of “protest” attracts media attention and may unexpectedly restore lost faith and friendships.

A viral video of an 8-year-old Bulgarian artist catches the eye of a major art collector, and Mihail is sent there, 30 years after leaving his home country, to assess the value of the girl's work and confront ghosts from his past.