Камионът (1980) : distribution, intrigue et streaming

Released in 1980, Камионът is a drame film directed by Christo Christov, running about 108 minutes.

What it’s about. A study in human psychology that uses five disparate characters from clearly defined social positions, this film offers as much insight into the society of a changing Bulgaria, as it does into the minds of individuals in conflict. The story centers around transporting a worker's corpse, in a truck, to the mountain village where he was born. In the truck is: a man who may be suffering from tuberculosis, and who has an unfaithful wife at home; a doctor (the intellectual); a bookkeeper worried over the salaries she pays out; a hermit picked up on the road; and the driver who is a rough-and-ready working-class symbol. The seeds for conflict are set both by the personalities of the five in the truck and by their social background. The director Christo Christov, acknowledges his debt to Henri-Georges Clouzot and the Wages of Fear, for inspiration in the treatment of human conflict, its development through a set storyline, and its resolution in each of the five cases.

Who’s in it. Камионът stars Grigor Vachkov as Dedleto, Lilyana Kovacheva as Milena, Veselin Vulkov as Shteryo and Stefan Dimitrov as Doktorat, among others.

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

If you liked it. Fans of Камионът tend to enjoy Les Évadés, Le Parrain, La Liste de Schindler and Le Parrain, 2e partie.