V noktite na poroka

Set against the jagged, unforgiving ridges of the Bulgarian mountains, V noktite na poroka (In the Clutches of Vice) is a stark exploration of how grief can metastasize into cruelty. The film opens on the quiet domesticity of Kalina and Stoyko, a young couple whose initial marital bliss is anchored by the birth of their son. However, the narrative takes a visceral, almost nihilistic turn when a roaming herd of buffaloes tramples the infant—a moment of senseless violence that shatters the family unit. Stoyko’s subsequent descent into alcoholism and domestic battery transforms the home into a site of terror. When Kalina’s brother intervenes, the resulting violence leaves him physically and mentally broken, pushing the story into a dark meditation on guilt and the cyclical nature of rural hardship. As Kalina faces a second, perilous pregnancy, the film questions whether redemption is possible for a man who has already destroyed everything he touched.