This is an odd film that will probably disconcert audiences who are more accustomed to slick and polished film making styles. The Goat almost seems to be on the level of a student film, with crude production values, meandering story and a lot of speechifying. But if you can stay with it until the end, it does offer a rewarding last scene. Otherwise, its probably mainly of interest to film buffs like myself who want to see how films are made in different cultures.
The movie concerns a goat who has been sent from the heavens to safeguard a treasure. He manipulates the kind-hearted Yona, in whose property the treasure is located to help him in his mission to protect it from discovery by interlopers such as the obsessed Rumbata. Meanwhile, despite Yona's intense nationalism, he eventually finds a connection with Rumba's American wife Emma, who is enamored with Bulgarian culture, in particular its folk songs, even though she never bothers to learn how to speak the language.
The movie concerns a goat who has been sent from the heavens to safeguard a treasure. He manipulates the kind-hearted Yona, in whose property the treasure is located to help him in his mission to protect it from discovery by interlopers such as the obsessed Rumbata. Meanwhile, despite Yona's intense nationalism, he eventually finds a connection with Rumba's American wife Emma, who is enamored with Bulgarian culture, in particular its folk songs, even though she never bothers to learn how to speak the language.