She has lived a long life, almost seen it all and tried a bit of everything. The director's Bulgarian grandmother Tzvetanka is a lady with grit. And from that an up-close and poetic film has sprung. For two reasons: she happily shares stories of her experiences in Bulgaria during a century of upheaval - and her grandchild is a creative and inventive narrator, who on top of it all is trained as a production designer. And it shows. From the living room of her apartment with a view, elevated far above the metropolis, Tzvetanka keeps an eye on life outside, while she involves us in her unique, own view of things. The personal and political story run side by side in 'Tzvetanka', where memory plays a trick or two on both our protagonist and on us. Does our life take shape as stories of memory? As fictions? Or maybe as a play, with oneself as the main character? Unexplained (and inexplicable) scenes from an indoor flower garden might suggest this. And yet… An affectionate, playful and wonderfully warped film about topics that are too important to take too seriously.

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