Tarika

London BFI 2024
Official Selection
Oscars 2026
Bulgarian Entry

Tarika

A Film by Milko Lazarov

2024 - Bulgaria/Germany/Luxembourg - Drama - 86 min.

with Vesela Valcheva , Zachary Baharov & Ivan Savov

Oscars 2026: Official Bulgarian Submission

Language: Bulgarian

Tarika lives with her father and her grandmother in a small hut near the border far away from the local village. Marked by her “butterfly wings”, a rare bone condition she inherited from her mother, the girl has been the source of the community’s superstition forever. When the local cattle is struck down by a mysterious disease, fear starts spreading among the villagers...

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London BFI 2024
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