In this sense, what I said in the beginning is definitely true: Ivan Stanev’s film is a mystery of achieving wholeness. Not a wholeness that has been achieved but a wholeness that is being achieved. It seems to me that what happens to the spectator is exactly what has happened to Ivan. The script, no doubt, had ripened and it had to be realized but most likely it was not elaborated in detail, neither was it followed strictly in the making of the film. What, then, seems to have happened? Most likely, Ivan Stanev made his way into the mood and the passion of the crew he worked with, he struggled with them, and in this struggle, he adjusted and modified his conception. Thus, in the junction between the idea of the scriptwriter and the living work of the film-making, the text emerged, which also happened to me in a series of viewings, as well as in the writing of these lines, the way it surely has happened and will happen to other spectators and commentators. The only thing certain is that Moon Lake is a wonderful film and that it is an honour to the author and crew who created it.
Bogdan Bogdanov – IVAN STANEV’S MOON LAKE
CAST
Yasna Bozhkova: Eurydice
Vasil Chitanov: Orpheus
Gloria Petkova: Girl in Love
Simon Todorov: Boy in Love
Michael Cohen: English Teacher
Teodor Dobrev: Karl Marx Twins
Ivaylo Dobrev: Karl Marx Twins
Milena Kerefeyna-Zheleva: Clairvoyant
Aurora Timeva: Clairvoyant’s Pupil
Ivan Ivanov: Oxygen Worker
Dorothea Tabakova: Ancient Greek Teacher
Boyan Manchev: Philosophy Teacher
Vanya Kiritzova: Astrology Teacher
Mariana Evlogieva: Esperanto Teacher
Konstantin Aleksandrov: Marine Teacher
Chorus “Sveta Troitza”: Chorus
Arabel Karajan: Jazz Band
Rosen Zahariev: Jazz Band
Aleksandar Evtimov: Jazz Band
Georgi Donchev: Jazz Band
FILMMAKERS
Directed by Ivan Stanev
Written by Ivan Stanev
Produced by Donka Angelova
Cinematography: Stefan Ivanov
Edited by Remco Schuurbiers
Music by Sebastian Meissner
TECHNICAL LIST
Production company: Delta Entertainment
Release date: 29 November 2009
Running time: 90 minutes
Countries: Bulgaria, Germany, France
Languages: English, French, German, Russian, Ancient Greek, Bulgarian, Esperanto, Spanish
Film: 35mm
Number of Reels: 5
Speed: 25 images/sec.
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital SR 5.1
Filming Locations: Yailata – Kamen Bryag, Bulgaria
