My Uncle Lyuben

Name: My Uncle Lyuben
Director: Nikola Boshnakov
Released: 2023-03-23
Cast: Georgi Stoev, Ray van Zeschau, Lyuben Stoev, Itzhak Finzi

2023 · 78 min

Ray van Zeschau, frontman of the legendary German rock band FREUNDE DER ITALIENISCHEN OPER (Friends of Italian Opera), flies to Sofia to sell an apartment inherited from his Bulgarian uncle—the artist Lyuben Stoev. However, the artist’s home is filled to the brim with paintings, installations, stories, and video footage. Piece by piece—like assembling a puzzle or unraveling a mystery—Ray reconstructs the image of his Bulgarian uncle, both as an artist and as a person, for himself and for the audience.

Directed by Nikola Boshnakov · Written by Ivailo Manev

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Georgi Stoev Himself
Ray van Zeschau Himself
Lyuben Stoev Himself (archive)
Itzhak Finzi Himself (archive)

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