The Incredible Story Of Eli Skorcheva’s Return To The Screen After Three Decades In Bulgaria’s Oscar Hopeful ‘Blaga’s Lessons’
deadline.comThis may be the comeback of the decade. In her first film role in almost 30 years, Bulgarian actress Eli Skorcheva — who had gone into self-exile from cinema, changing careers and working odd jobs including as a cleaning lady – stars in Blaga’s Lessons, which earned her the Best Actress Award at this year’s Karlovy Vary Film Festival and is Bulgaria’s 2024 International Film Oscar submission.
The movie by Stephan Komandarev also won the Grand Prix Crystal Globe at Karlovy Vary and just added the Grand Jury Prize at the Rome Film Festival.
Like Skorcheva’s accidental first foray into movies in the late 1970s with a lead role that made her a star, her successful return was not planned; it came courtesy of her dog. (More on that later.) Her triumph with Blaga’s Lessons also may have been foreshadowed by Baba Vanga, the famous Bulgarian blind mystic credited with predicting 9/11 along with other major world events.
Ever since she got past her childhood fascinations with careers as a Navy pilot, astrophysicist or archeologist, Eli (pronounced Eh-lee) knew she wanted to be an actress.
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