Vuzvišenije

The film explores the Bulgarian realities of the 1870s a few years before the war, that would liberate the country from the Ottoman occupation. The story follows Gicho a young man in a revolutionary group led by Dimitar Obshti, a real-life revolutionary fighting against the Turks. After a successful train robbery Obshti entrust Gicho with a special mission: to deliver a letter to Vasil Levski, the country’s most famous freedom fighter, now considered a hero and dubbed The Apostle of Freedom. (Bulgarian Film Festival)