Heights is one of the most ambitious Bulgarian films of the last few years and an adaption of Milen Ruskov’s 2011 epic bestseller. It deals with Bulgaria’s situation in the 1870s, a few years before the war that would lead the country to its independence from the Ottoman Empire. The story follows Gicho, a young man in a revolutionary group led by Dimitar Obshti – a real historic person, a man who dedicated his life to the fight against the Turks. After a successful assault on a train, Obshti entrusts the young Gicho with a special mission – he should deliver a letter to Vasil “the Lion” Levski, the country’s greatest liberation fighter. Accompanied by his friend, Gicho goes on the adventurous journey across the country, overcome by the burning wish to liberate his homeland.

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