Rootless Tree
06/08/1974
Having remained alone in his village house, old Gatyo must move in with his son and daughter-in-law in their flat in the city. They receive him with great understanding and sympathy but cannot find the key to his heart. Torn out of his natural environment and left bewilderingly rootless, this good man cannot adapt himself to the urban way of life. He does not like the mayonnaise he is offered, does not know how to use the lift. The people hurrying in the streets seem to him indifferent, and some even sly and deceitful. He sees the city as a place full of hostile people and inanimate objects. He badly misses the warm human touch of his village. Death is the only possible solution to the tragic conflict of this peasant, crucified between the archaic and the modern, and unable to adapt to the urban lifestyle.
Movie Information
Nikola Dadov
as Gatyo
Nevena Kokanova
as Daughter-in-law
Marin Yanev
as Son
Pavel Popandov
as Photographer
Nikolay Kedev
as Granddaughter
Sasho Simov
as Botyo
Evangeliya Tuparova
as Gatyo's wife
Georgi Bilalov
as Chairman of TKZS
Georgi Hristov
as Vatmanat
Nikolay Nachkov
as Pticharyat
Radka Sarafova
as The old woman
Damyan Antonov
as Partien secretary
Ivan Gaydardzhiev
as Doktorat
Anton Marinov
as General
Pencho Bogdanov
as Plamen
