Simon vs. Fear: The Varsano Case (2018)

0.0/10 79 min Documentary

Overview

He is a medical photographer, a water polo competitor, a romantic, a favorite of women. Overnight, he becomes a prisoner with his legs shot, an enemy of the regime, a victim of political police. This nightmare remained in the 1980's before the Berlin Wall's collapse. Now for Simon Varsano everything will re-erupt, along with a video from the Communist State Security archives. A meeting with the past and a clash again: Simon versus Fear. The clash of one person, photographer Simon Varsano, with the communist State Security system, told in a very personal way by director Georgi Tenev.

Cast

Vesela Babinova

Self (voice)

Simon Varsano

Self

Penko Gospodinov

Self (voice)

Anani Yavashev

Self (voice)

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