A tragicomedy about ordinary people trapped between corruption, family loyalty and the collapse of moral certainty.

Marina (60), a maternity nurse, and her husband Gosha (68), a railway dispatcher, have spent years collecting small bribes to afford their dream trip to St. Petersburg and witness the white nights. When Russia invades Ukraine and the travel agency vanishes with their savings, their dream – and the illusion of control – collapses. Gosha ends up in the hospital, beaten while trying to recover the money and long-buried betrayals surface, forcing the couple to confront the lies their life was built on and to search, among the ruins, for a trace of dignity and grace.

“The film was born out of a moment when words lost their meaning and moral gravity seemed to collapse – when cynicism passed for patriotism, and lies were called faith. In Bulgaria, a generation that once carried the promise of change became an echo of propaganda, renaming corruption “survival” and submission “tradition.” The film is not a protest, but an attempt to understand how this distortion feels from the inside. Marina and Gosha are not villains or heroes. They pray, love, and dream, yet live in a world where deceit has become a way of breathing. Caught between survival and complicity, their quiet downfall mirrors a broader moral erosion shaping private lives and entire societies. Shot on real locations with luminous light and stylised compositions, the film blends comedy and drama in the classical sense of tragicomedy – where tenderness and decay, absurdity and fate, coexist in the same frame." - Director's Note

The film premiered at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.