I found a trailer of the movie in a Bulgarian site and it interested me.I'm aware of this part of the Bulgarian history,naturally it's not something to be proud with. It's a documentary movie,no doubt,although there are several moments,where the subjective thinking of the director slightly appear. My opinion,only,no offense. Keep in mind it's a movie,and like all others,is based on someone's idea to show his view of a person,culture,nation etc. The country of Bulgaria was founded in 681,Christianity became the official religion in 865.The Otoman Turks conquered Bulgaria in 1396.In the next 500 years many Bulgarians were forced to accept Islam or face death.Many nations,one faith was a popular belief in the Otoman Empire.So,naturally after more than 6 centuries there were many Bulgarians who were Muslim.Like in the Rhodopi Mountains,"the Pomaks",that's the name Bulgarians used for other Bulgarians who accepted Islam.There is a movie-"Times of Separation",You can see it there. To sum up,what Zhivkov,the Bulgarian president in communism times,did,was wrong.It was immoral,no man should be deprived from happiness,faith or his/her culture and customs.What some people do not understand and the movie does not show(ask Yourself why),is that there were many Bulgarians with Turkish names who were forced to change them.The Muslim Bulgarians,not Turks.The name and religion does not change the fact that one's grandparents were pure Bulgarians. People were,in fact forced to do what "the strong of the day" wanted them to do.But there is a flip side to that coin.As to every,I suppose.
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