About the Possibility of a Life (2005)

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This film is a documentary portrait of the great Bulgarian Writer and poet Valeri Petrov.
Release Date
Apr 17, 2005
Runtime
00h 55m
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This film is a documentary portrait of the great Bulgarian Writer and poet Valeri Petrov.

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