Synopsis
There is an old Bulgarian tale that says, if the shadow of a living person is blended into a new construction, the latter will become stronger and endure firmly the traces of time and blows of nature.
Each autumn hundreds of Bulgarians, Turks and Gypsies, from various ages and social backgrounds, leave for the Black sea and spend most of the year far away from their families, enduring inhuman conditions – thus turning them into immigrants in their own country. The film reveals the loneliness, dreams, and future desires of the shadows of the anonymous, ordinary construction workers of contemporary Bulgaria, which has embarked on the road to Europe, but now is owned by dubious nouveaux riches, corrupted politicians and untouchable drug barons that are protected by the system.
Each autumn hundreds of Bulgarians, Turks and Gypsies, from various ages and social backgrounds, leave for the Black sea and spend most of the year far away from their families, enduring inhuman conditions – thus turning them into immigrants in their own country. The film reveals the loneliness, dreams, and future desires of the shadows of the anonymous, ordinary construction workers of contemporary Bulgaria, which has embarked on the road to Europe, but now is owned by dubious nouveaux riches, corrupted politicians and untouchable drug barons that are protected by the system.
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