Rootless Tree
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Having remained alone in his village house, old Gatyo must move in with his son and daughter-in-law in their flat in the city. They receive him with great understanding and sympathy but cannot find the key to his heart. Torn out of his natural environment and left bewilderingly rootless, this good man cannot adapt himself to the urban way of life. He does not like the mayonnaise he is offered, does not know how to use the lift. The people hurrying in the streets seem to him indifferent, and some even sly and deceitful. He sees the city as a place full of hostile people and inanimate objects. He badly misses the warm human touch of his village. Death is the only possible solution to the tragic conflict of this peasant, crucified between the archaic and the modern, and unable to adapt to the urban lifestyle.
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Nikola Dadov
Gatyo
Also in
In Search of Captain Grant
The Peach Thief
Nevena Kokanova
Daughter-in-law
Also in
The Peach Thief
Dangerous Charm
Marin Yanev
Son
Also in
Stonehearst Asylum
Васко да Гама от село Рупча
Pavel Popandov
Photographer
Known for
The World Is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner
Nikolay Kedev
Granddaughter
No other roles listed
Sasho Simov
Botyo
Also in
Village Correspondent
Boris I: Part 1 – The Baptizing
Evangeliya Tuparova
Gatyo's wife
Also in
Sasedkata
Georgi Bilalov
Chairman of TKZS
No other roles listed
Georgi Hristov
Vatmanat
Also in
The Rage
Musketeer's Honor
Nikolay Nachkov
Pticharyat
Also in
Agent #1
The Truck
Radka Sarafova
The old woman
Also in
Between the Rails
Damyan Antonov
Partien secretary
Also in
The Singer
Christo Christov Director · Nikolay Haitov Writer Pantaley Pantaleev Writer
First release August 6, 1974 · Produced in Bulgaria · Production Boyana Film
Production
Bulgaria Film
Production
Boyana Film
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Bulgaria
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Original title
Дърво без корен
Original language
Bulgarian
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Bulgarian
Release dates
Bulgaria · August 6, 1974
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No release date listed for United States.
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