Stolen Eyes, with English subs, part 09 (Откраднати Очи)

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=0B5C357E73E33528

This is a Bulgarian movie that deals with a taboo topic in todays Bulgaria - the "Revival Process" ("Vazroditelen Protzes" in Bulgarian) in the late 1980s in contemporary Bulgaria. The movie was screened in Bulgarian cinemas, but due to an outcry from Bulgaria's political establishment the movie is effectively banned in Bulgaria.

The "Revival Process" was a Bulgarian government policy whereby the Bulgarian authorities took their official assimilationist policy to extremes. The Bulgarian Government followed the example of the Greek authorities who forced members of the Macedonian minority to assume Greek names and surnames since the 1920s. We see scenes in the movie where members of the Turkish minority in Bulgaria are made to choose Bulgarian names not just for themselves but for their dead parents as well. Turks that were not prepared to accept Bulgaria's assimilationist policy were deported en masse from Bulgaria. A total of over 300 000 Bulgarian Turks were expelled to Turkey for the simple crime that they were not ethnic Bulgarians.

This version of the movie has English subtitles.

Below is a review from imdb:

At the Beginning of 1980 the Bulgarian Communist Party begins to rigorously pursue a policy of ethnic cleansing on the Turkish minority. It is the first Bulgarian feature film to deal with this dark chapter in the country's history. The mass expulsion of a minority which took place in a European country in 1989 remains largely unknown up until today. To ensure that this no longer remains the case and that now audiences can look upon history in the face is the merit of Radoslav Spassov, whose movie is now banned in Bulgaria. Two outstanding lead actors contribute to the success of the film. It received a Special mention from the IFFS (International Federation of Film Societies) jury on the 15th FilmFestival in Cottbus/ Germany -- Festival of East European Cinema in November 2005.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Stolen
• Eyes
• Откраднати
• Очи
• България
• Турция
• възродителен
• процес
• Bulgar
• Turk

[Banni3]

hahaha ok I'm sorry I thought you were asking if Bulgaria is communist today. So it was communist before (in the storyline of the movie) but today it's not communist

[Banni3]

koi terroriziral koi??? hahahaha...mrusni turci...jihad nqma da ima sre6tu nas no skoro ne6to sre6tu vas 6te ima...."SMURT" za turcite =)

[Banni3]

are you dumb?? no we are not communist

[dim5717]

Ya uspokoy topkata, malkiya!

[dim5717]

Kakvo sa vinovni dneshnite turci? A i ti davash li si smetka, che ako turskoto vladichestvo e bilo robstvo, sega shtyahme da govorim i pishem na bulgarski?

[anaridia]

heeey people, peace!!! come on it's history now! it's in the past!!!

we are all humans after all!

[AnimalSupremacy]

Osuznavate li kakvo govorite?

Na koi e nujna voina!

Mir!

Razberete che moje da ima razbiratelstvo!