Last «Dear Bulgaria» (2021) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained

Release, runtime and language

2021 · 98 mins · Russian

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Directed by

Alexey Fedorchenko

Starring

Evgeny Chistyakov, Konstantin Itunin, Oleg Yagodin, Aleksandr Vakhov, Yaroslava Pulinovich, Evgeny Sangadzhiev

Budget

$50M

Set in Alma-Ata in 1943, the film follows a young fruit grower inspired by the methods of Michurin. He works to restore an extinct variety of medicinal apple trees while simultaneously uncovering the details of a perplexing crime. The story draws inspiration from Mikhail Zoshchenko’s book “Before the Sunrise,” blending botanical discovery with a mystery to be solved.