Windless – DMovies [Video]

QUICK AND DIRTY: LIVE FROM KARLOVY VARY

Returning home after a long absence is no easy feat. In Pavel G. Vesnakov’s second feature Windless, there may not be much of a home left. Koko (Ognyan Pavlov, also known as rapper “FYRE”) is back in his little Bulgarian hometown after living in Spain for 10 years. His visit is not a leisurely one. He must sort the inventory of his late, estranged father.

There is a quiet, reduced presence in Pavlov’s acting, with an uncomfortable, deviant aura. It soon becomes evident that signing a few documents is only a fraction of the mammoth taskl ahead. His return collides with a general restructuring of the whole town. Out with the old squares, the historic buildings, the residences, and even …