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Film screening of the documentary “Who’s Afraid of Julia Kristeva?” by Iskra Angelova
09.02.208; 19:00; Sofia Gallery
Free event registration HERE
The famous Bulgarian actress and host of the TV show “Night birds” Iskra Angelova will be a special guest of BCI London with screening of her documentary film “Who’s Afraid of Julia Krusteva?”.
Discussion with the author after the screening.
Special guest: Iskra Angelova
Iskra Angelova’s film ‘Who’s Afraid of Julia Kristeva? ‘ is a 85 minutes long film tells the story of one of the most successful, world-famous Bulgarians – a psychoanalyst, linguist, semiotician and philosopher, Julia Kristeva is a scientist, writer and feminist, but most of all – her interesting, unusual and beautiful mind continues to amaze today.
Director: Iskra Angelov and Milena Getova
Scriptwriter: Iskra Angelov
SYNOPSIS:
1966. Bulgaria is still behind the Iron Curtain. Young and smart student Julia Kristeva goes to Paris on a scholarship from the French government. There she encounters the cream of French intelligentsia, where she meets the leader of the Tel Quel movement – Philippe Sollers. The two instantly fall in love and marry. France welcomes with open arms the young Bulgarian’s ideas, that are influenced by Russian structuralists and formalists. She begins to work with Claude Lévi-Strauss, Michelle Foucault, Jacques Derrida, Lucien Goldmann, Roland Barthes and Jacques Lacan….
link to the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww7oqHDEZTc
Biography:
Born in Bulgaria in 1941, Julia Kristeva has lived in France since the mid-1960s. Angelova’s documentary, which includes interviews with Kristeva and several close associates, tells the story of a famous figure who is a writer and feminist, but most of all, possessor of an interesting, unusual and beautiful mind that continues to amaze today.
Among those who appear in the film is Philippe Sollers, the French writer and critic who has been Kristeva’s spouse since 1967.
As an actress Iskra Angelova appeared in several films and theatre performances such as Rondo, Closer , The Monogamist , Beautiful Bodies/, Class, The Revolver , The Seagull etc. in Sofia and Boston.
In addition to this, Iskra Angelova writes for newspapers and magazines, her novel Do I Love You? was a bestseller in the Summer of 2007.
Since 2008 Iskra writes and shoots prime time documentary series for Bulgarian National TV. Her films Bread and Chocolate about Mexican writer – the mother of Magical realism – Laura Esquivel and Imagination is my Suitcase about Turkish bestselling writer Elif Shafak were among top rated programs, aired on Bulgarian National TV. “Who is Afraid of Julia Kristeva?” is her debute as a director and producer.