{"id":22002,"date":"2022-05-06T15:29:52","date_gmt":"2022-05-06T19:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/?p=22002"},"modified":"2022-05-06T15:38:37","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T19:38:37","slug":"fear-by-hungarian-film-diretor-ivaylo-hristov-has-sizzle-by-greggwmorris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/fear-by-hungarian-film-diretor-ivaylo-hristov-has-sizzle-by-greggwmorris\/","title":{"rendered":"<small><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Movie Teaser<\/span><\/small><br>FEAR by Hungarian Director Ivaylo Hristov \u2013 Winner of the Grand Prize for Best Film at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival<br><br>[Street Date Availability: June 14, 2022]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/better-fear-logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22007\" src=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/better-fear-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/better-fear-logo.jpg 600w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/better-fear-logo-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/better-fear-logo-560x747.jpg 560w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/better-fear-logo-260x347.jpg 260w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/better-fear-logo-160x213.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2013 <em>\u201cA disarming, deadpan comedy of xenophobia and resistance \u2026 a perfect movie for the moment.\u201d<\/em><br \/>\nDennis Harvey, Variety<br \/>\n\u201cThe director, Ivaylo Hristov, is adept at slow-burning suspense and comic misdirection.\u201d<br \/>\n\u2013 A.O. Scott, The New York Times<br \/>\n&#8220;A marvelously acerbic offbeat comedy which has its roots firmly embedded in a human drama.&#8221;<br \/>\n\u2013 Rob Aldam, Backseat Mafi<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e2HZHmyI-vI\" width=\"1000\" height=\"560\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong>Additional awards: The Golden Rose for Best Picture at Varna\u2019s Golden Rose Bulgarian Feature Film Festival and nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at Santa Barbara International Film Festival.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr align=\"center\" noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"1\" width=\"60%\" \/>\n<p><strong>Storyline:<\/strong> Svetla, played by Svetlana Yancheva, is a strong-willed widow who lives alone in a small Bulgarian village close to the Turkish border. She recently lost her teaching job because many families don\u2019t have small children. So it goes, right?<\/p>\n<p>Then one day she\u2019s out hunting to put food on the table and crosses paths with African refugee Bamba, played by Michael Fleming, who is trying to reach Germany.<\/p>\n<h3>Uh oh!<strong>*<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The unexpected meeting touches heart strings, and she, ever on the alert, nevertheless, offers him hospitality. Eventually. a bond evolves as Bamba learns the language, and takes part in her daily life. However: Svetla begins to make life-changing choices that go against the values of her traditional community, leading to hostility from the villagers. <strong>*<\/strong>The dramatic turn in her life that heats up the sizzle in this movie directed by Ivaylo Hristov.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_22015\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/okay.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22015\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22015\" src=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/okay.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"739\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/okay.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/okay-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/okay-1024x631.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/okay-768x473.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/okay-560x345.jpg 560w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/okay-260x160.jpg 260w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/okay-160x99.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-22015\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Absurd, comic and tragic situations ensue as Svetla 9played by Svetlana Yancheva) breaks barriers of loneliness, close mindedness and fear of the outsider.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_22016\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/handshake.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22016\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22016\" src=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/handshake.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/handshake.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/handshake-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/handshake-1024x648.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/handshake-768x486.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/handshake-560x354.jpg 560w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/handshake-260x164.jpg 260w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/handshake-160x101.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-22016\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Uh oh!<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>Type: DVD\/Digital (iTunes, Amazon, Vudu)<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Genre: Comedy<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Running Time: 100 minutes<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Aspect Ratio: 1:1.85 Widescreen<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Audio: 2.0 Stereo<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Language: Bulgarian with English Subtitles, English<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Gregg W. Morris can be reached at gregghc@comcast.net, profgreggwmorris@gmail.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Small-town xenophobia meets absurdist humor. By Gregg W. Morris<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/fear-by-hungarian-film-diretor-ivaylo-hristov-has-sizzle-by-greggwmorris\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22015,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1959,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film-tv-preludes-trailers-teasers","category-film-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22002"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22033,"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22002\/revisions\/22033"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}