EASTERN WESTERN

This is а the story of a son raised by two fathers, one from the European East and one from the Amer-ican West. On the cusp of the 20th century, somewhere on the American frontier, Igor, an immigrant and recent widower, struggles to raise his two-year-old son Ivo on his own. When his American friend and mentor Duncan decides to move his horse-breeding business and young family to Califor-nia, Igor and Ivo join the wagon train headed West.
Co-directors Biliana and Marina Grozdanova command the mise-en-scene with effortless elegance, and their mostly non-professional actors offer astonishing performances rich with verisimilitude and depth.