In a remote Bulgarian town, Gana looks after the elderly with dementia, while trafficking their ID cards on the black market of identity theft. At home, she provides for her jobless mother, with whom she hardly speaks. Her relationship with her car-mechanic boyfriend is no shelter for love either - with sexual attraction vanished, intimacy is reduced to an addiction to morphine. Nothing seems to have consequences on the nurse’s conscience, even the incidental murder of a patient, who threatens to expose her fraudulent dealings. Things start to shake up, when Gana hears the music of Yoan, a new patient, whose ID card she has trafficked. A growing empathy for the old man unlocks Gana’s drugged-up conscience, and she is ready for change. But when Yoan is arrested for fraud, she learns that doing 'the right thing' comes at a high price
| Original title | Bezbog |
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| Danish title | Godless |
| Director | Ralitza Petrova |
| Screenplay | Ralitza Petrova |
| Producer | Rossitsa Valkanova, Eva Jakobsen, Katrin Pors, Mikkel Jersin, Laurence Clerc, Olivier Thery Lapiney, Philippe Akoka |
| Director of Photography | Krum Rodriguez, Chayse Irvin, Jaclyn Martinez, Slava Doytcheva |
| Editor | Donka Ivanova, Ralitza Petrova, Rasmus Nyholm Schmidt |
| Sound | Peter Albrechtsen |
| Composer | Simon Muschinsky, Di Garbi |
| Production designer | Vanina Geleva |
| Casting | Nina Boyanova, Yanya Bazhdarova, Joanna Ilieva |
| Appearance | Irena Ivanova, Ivan Nalbantov, Ventzislav Konstantinov, Alexandr Triffonov |
| Production country | Bulgaria, Denmark, France |
| Domestic distribution | Klas Film |
| Danish festival release | 01.11.2016, Dagmar, Filmen havde premiere på den københavnske filmfestival CPH PIX 2016. |
| Danish theatrical release | 09.03.2017 |
| Cinemas | Valby Kino, Værløse Bio, Øst for Paradis |
| DFI subsidy | Minor |
| Danish rating | Allowed for children over the age of 15 |
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| Executive Producer | Klas Film |
| Co-production | Snowglobe ApS, Alcatraz Film, Film Factory |
| With support from | Bulgarian National Film Center, Torino Film Lab, Det Danske Filminstitut, Eurimages |
| In collaboration with | Aporia Filmworks |
| Domestic distribution | Klas Film |
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Direction |
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| Direction | Ralitza Petrova |
| 1st assistant director | Petar Krumov |
| Casting | Nina Boyanova |
| Casting | Yanya Bazhdarova |
| Casting | Joanna Ilieva |
| 1st assistant director | Krasmir Hazarbassanov |
| 2nd assistant director | Monika Hristova |
| 3rd assistant director | Philip Andreev |
| Assistant | Slava Doytcheva |
| Continuity | Mila Maslarova |
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Script |
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| Screenplay | Ralitza Petrova |
| Script consultant | Marcel Gravel Baulieu |
| Translation | Celia Canning |
| Research | Rip O'Neil |
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Production |
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| Producer | Rossitsa Valkanova |
| Producer | Eva Jakobsen |
| Producer | Katrin Pors |
| Producer | Mikkel Jersin |
| Producer | Laurence Clerc |
| Producer | Olivier Thery Lapiney |
| Producer | Philippe Akoka |
| Production manager | Roussi Lutzkanov |
| Production coordinator | Vladimir Karanikolov |
| Post-production supervisor | Ruslan Grudev (Rocko) |
| Assisting producer | Ralitza Petrova |
| Location scout | Gergana Milfovska |
| Production assistant | Borislav Mitrev |
| Production assistant | Milan Deyanov |
| Production assistant | Velev, Trayan |
| Production assistant | Toma Lutzkanov |
| Production assistant | Xinyu Zhou |
| Post-production manager | Alexander Akoka |
| Post-producton coordinator | Aedelaîde Basson |
| Post-producton coordinator | Hugo Brissaud |
| Post-producton coordinator | Arnaud Cachau |
| Post-producton coordinator | Clarisse Cornély |
| Assistant | Emmanuel Alphonzair |
| Technical chief | Olivier Régnier |
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Cinematography |
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| Cinematographer | Krum Rodriguez |
| Cinematographer | Chayse Irvin |
| Camera assistant | David Edsal |
| Camera assistant | Simeon Kirov |
| Camera assistant | Kiril Prodanov |
| Camera assistant | Konstantin Velichkov |
| Loader | Borislav Zlatanov |
| Loader | Ruslan Grudev (Rocko) |
| Video assistant | Lora Musheva |
| Steadicam | Kiril Valchanov |
| Cinematographer | Jaclyn Martinez |
| Cinematographer | Slava Doytcheva |
| Key grip | Miroslav Borisov |
| Key grip | Ivailo Kirilov |
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Electrical dept. |
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| Light technician | Konstantin Popov |
| Light technician | Plamen Soklev |
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Editing |
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| Editor | Donka Ivanova |
| Editor | Ralitza Petrova |
| Editing supervisor | Molly Malene Stensgaard |
| Editor | Rasmus Nyholm Schmidt |
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Music |
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| Composer | Simon Muschinsky |
| Composer | Di Garbi |
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Production design |
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| Production designer | Vanina Geleva |
| Set manager | Bogdan Ezhbekov |
| Set dresser | Viktor Cherkezov |
| Set dresser | Martin Djolev |
| Set dresser | Boldizhar Uhas |
| Maler | Ivan Petrov |
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Wardrobe |
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| Costume on set | Vanina Geleva |
| Costume supervisor | Yana Sheremeteva |
| Costume assistance | Silva Yakova |
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Makeup |
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| Makeup artist | Ivanka Gorshinina |
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Sound |
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| Sound | Momchil Bozhkov |
| Sound designer | Peter Albrechtsen |
| Boom operator | Alexander Trayanov |
| Sound mixer | Peter Albrechtsen |
| Sound mixer | Morten Groth Brandt |
| Sound effect editor | Lars Halvorsen |
| Sound editor | Martin Stig Andersen |
| Dialogue editor | Morten Groth Brandt |
| Foley artist | Heikki Kossi |
| Foley editor | Anne Tolkkinen |
| Foley editor | Pietu Korhonen |
| Sound design assistant | Mikkel Nielsen |
| Sound effects | Michal Fojcik |
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Special effects |
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| SFX coordinator | Yovko Dogandjiiski |
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Visual effects |
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| Graphic design | Evelina Korkmas |
| Colourist | Ian Bach |
| Compositing | Simon Hillingsøe |
| Mastering | Elie Tisné |
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Stunt |
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| Stunt coordinator | Yordan Zahariev-Zmeia |
| Stunts | M. Kaleikov |
| Stunts | L. Kenarova |
| Stunts | St. Shopov |
| Stunts | S. Varbanov |
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Appearance |
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| Gana | Irena Ivanova |
| Yoan | Ivan Nalbantov |
| Aleko | Ventzislav Konstantinov |
| Pavel | Alexandr Triffonov |
| Dommer | Dimitar Petkov |
| Mor | Ivanka Gorshinina |
| Raya | Petra Elenkova |
| Tereza | Maria Lazarova |
| Luba | Margarita Kostadinova |
| Georgi | Naum Traikov |
| Nabo | Krassimir Yordanov |
| Politibetjent | Svezhen Mladenov |
| Kirkekor | St. Martyr Paraskeva |
| Dirigent | Neli Trosheva |
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Reviews and articles
On the library you can find these articles and revies and other material about the film.
| Type | Source | Author | Date |
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| Anmeldelse | Weekendavisen | Green Jensen, Bo | 2017-03-10 |
| Anmeldelse | Berlingske Tidende | Sauntved, Louise Kidde | 2017-03-09 |
| Anmeldelse | Morgenavisen Jyllandsposten | Sommer Boysen, Katrine | 2017-03-09 |
| Anmeldelse | Politiken-Fonden | Skotte Christensen, Kim | 2017-03-09 |
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