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Founded in 2013, Big World Pictures is a non-profit distribution outfit dedicated to bringing the best in world cinema to film enthusiasts across the United States. Previous releases include films by Radu Jude, Tamer El Said, Maya Vitkova, Jean-Gabriel Priot, Julia Murat, Tsai Ming-liang and Eric Rohmer. Vinegar Syndromes sister company, OCN Distribution, is thrilled to be representing this diverse and unique home video line!

Maya Vitkovas stunning debut feature Viktoria follows three generations of women in the final years of the Peoples Republic of Bulgaria and the early years of the new government, focusing on reluctant mother Boryana and her daughter, Viktoria, who in one of the films surreal, magical touches is born without an umbilical cord. Though unwanted by her mother, Viktoria is named the countrys Baby of the Decade, and is showered with gifts and attention until the disintegration of the East Bloc. Despite throwing their worlds off balance, the resulting political changes also allow for the possibility of reconciliation. Viktoria is both personal and universal, demonstrating a precocious command of all elements of the filmmaking processmost notably, the films visual sensibility and its command of a range of shifting tones, from absurdist humor to political allegory to deeply moving familial drama.

directed by:Maya Vitkova
starring:Irmena Chichikova; Daria Vitkova; Kalina Vitkova; Mariana Krumova; Dimo Dimov
2014 / 155 min / 2.39:1 /Bulgarian 5.1 Dolby

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