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Ivaylo Penchev's ensemble comedy was selected for this year's Sofia Meetings Works in Progress, and its theatrical release is planned for October or November. Ivaylo Penchev, the Bulgarian director who has specialised in ensemble comedies, has almost finished his third feature, Last Call. The comedy tells the story of various characters discovering the meaning of life, and is being staged by Urban Media and producer Stoyan Stoyanov. It was selected for this year's Sofia Meetings Works in Progress. Penchev goes back to his favourite setting, the Bulgarian shore of the Black Sea, to unfurl a story that starts with Nikola, a 70-year-old writer determined to kill himself by jumping from a high bridge. At the very last moment, he notices a young girl (Maria Bakalova) on the verge of ending her life in the same way. The elderly man becomes obsessed with helping his...