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There is a small frontier post. A soldier abiding by the rules of the system gradually turns into a murderer.
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"A story about border patrol guards in a remote outpost in Bulgarian hinterlands whose main task is to catch runaways who have triggered an alarm system mechanism set up to prevent its own citizens, Bulgarians, from crossing the border to escape the Communist regime during the Cold War. Failure of the guards to capture those who breached the wired fence meant that they would be the ones punished by their tyrannical captain, and accomplishes it by denying the border guard draftees their vacation leaves and/or contact to loved ones, which takes a bit of a toll on their morale with some of the des..."
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It was Marian Valev that introduced Elena Petrova to the movie's directors. "The filming was supposed to start at any moment, and Iliyan Simeonov and Hristiyan Nochev had already looked at over 400 girls at the casting and still couldn't find a suitable one. However, one day I saw an amazing girl on the street. He was 15 and washing the windows of passing cars. I went to her and we met. Her name was Elena. I said to myself, "This can't be true! She was born for cinema! When you see a face, you know, it can't go wrong. We became great friends. I took her to the directors. Elena was and is impressive. She is a super woman. The good thing is that she is also very smart. A rare combination," Valev recalled.
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There is a small frontier post. A soldier abiding by the rules of the system gradually turns into a murderer.