A Dose of Happiness

A Dose of Happiness

2019•1h 40m•6.4/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.4/10(8)

The real story of the journalist Vesela Toteva (in the role is her daughter -Valentina Karoleva) searching for her own happiness during the dynamic and uncertain 90's in Bulgaria. A tale about drugs, fall, fear and redemption.

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Production

Reason8 Films

Language

BG

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Valentina Karoleva

Valentina Karoleva

Vesela

Dimitar Nikolov

Dimitar Nikolov

Joro

Aleksandar Aleksiev

Aleksandar Aleksiev

Tony

Assen Blatechki

Assen Blatechki

Ivan

Lydia Indjova

Lydia Indjova

Bistra

Irmena Chichikova

Irmena Chichikova

Krasi

Sofiya Borisova

Valya 8 y. o.

Stela Borisova

Valya 10 y. o.

Aya Aleksiev

Valya 4 y. o.

Stefan Valdobrev

Stefan Valdobrev

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