Footsteps in the Sand (film)


Footsteps in the Sand is a 2010 Bulgarian drama film directed by Ivaylo Hristov.

Plot

Slavi once believed to have found true love in Nelly. When he realizes that his girlfriend is in love with another man, he drowns his sorrows in alcohol, gets into conflict with the government and eventually runs away from Bulgaria. This is the start of a year-long odyssey that takes him halfway around the world: from a refugee camp in Austria to the streets of New York and the Utah desert. There he meets a Native American who gives him an amulet, which he can win back his love. Slavi returns to Bulgaria and indeed he meets Nelly.