Tarika
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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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