This sharp and dour film can only be described as Bulgarian film noir. From the lustrous black-and-white photography to the laconic voice-over narration, this grim tale of cheap hoods, double-crosses and femme fatales could slip right between any of the iconic American films of the 1940s and '50s, were it not for the Eastern Bloc setting and ever-present references to Soviet oppression.
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This sharp and dour film can only be described as Bulgarian film noir. From the lustrous black-and-white photography to the laconic voice-over narration, this grim tale of cheap hoods, double-crosses and femme fatales could slip right between any of the iconic American films of the 1940s and '50s, were it not for the Eastern Bloc setting and ever-present references to Soviet oppression.