Сезонът на канарчетата (1993): Besetzung, Handlung & Streaming

Released in 1993, Сезонът на канарчетата is a drama film directed by Evgeni Mihailov, running about 128 minutes.

What it’s about. It's 1980. Malin is fatherless, angry, and in trouble. At 20, he's spent a year in jail for assaulting a lover of Lily, his mother. In her desk he finds a soldier's photograph and assumes he's found his father. He confronts the man, now a teacher, and gets nowhere. At home again, he mocks his mother. Finally, she tells him her grim story, from the year before his birth. We see a people's court, where Lily's parents seek justice for their grandchild to be. We follow Lily to a prison camp, to the city where she's told to inform on the only person who's been kind, to an asylum, and finally to her current poverty and loneliness. How will Malin respond to these revelations?

Who’s in it. Сезонът на канарчетата stars Paraskeva Djukelova as Young Lily, Plamena Getova as Old Lily, Michail Alexandrov as Young Marin and Petar Popyordanov as Ivan, Father of Malin, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 9.5/10, Сезонът на канарчетата sits among the best-reviewed titles in the catalogue.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Сезонът на канарчетата page.

If you liked it. Fans of Сезонът на канарчетата tend to enjoy Die Verurteilten, Der Pate, Schindlers Liste and Der Pate - Teil II.