In 1985, a remote mountain top Villa, Roseville is chosen as their honeymoon getaway by Vasskil and Nadya – a choice made by Vasskil with Nadya agreeing just to please her husband. Their hosts at the villa – George and Dora are excited to host them and introduce them to their other guest Stephen, an American. When George introduces the Villa’s USP – the only standing OAK tree in the mountains, Vasskil starts seeing aberrations that stalk and eventually begins to possess him. Nightmarish experiences await the occupants of the Villa.
Language:
Bulgarian
Running Time:
120 min
Rating:
–
Release date:
20 September 2013
Directed by:
Martin Makariev
Produced by:
Dimitar Gochev
Gabriel Georgiev
Miroslav Ianev
Written by:
Boby Zahariev
Martin Makariev
Alexander Penev
Starring:
David Chokachi
Lydia Indjova
Plamen Manassiev
Elena Petrova
Kalin Vrachanski
Music by:
Victor Stoyanov
Shot by:
Ivan Vatsov
Editing by:
Nikola Milenov
Distributed by:
A Plus Films
Wide Management

What’s Hot

  • The director Martin Makariev has cooked up one hell of a scare fest from virtually just police evidence from an unsolved case which amount to just photos and videos of the villa and all the cover-ups from those involved in the case. His crafty story telling is bound to convince us that there could be no other possible explanation for what happened at the villa.
  • Kalin Vrachanski as Vasskil makes a remarkable transformation from the love smitten newlywed to one who is terrified by the happenings at the villa and finally to one who is possessed by evil. He is able to project the funny side as well as the dismissive sides of the character with total ease.
  • The visuals from Ivan Vatsov elevate the already gripping narration to higher levels to create paranoia for the audience with a slow and steady wide camera frame that captures the eerie Villa at day and amidst some unsettling fog and darkness of the night. The chilling background score by Victor Stoyanova adds more fuel to the fire.

What’s Not

  • The screenplay at quite few places seems to be one-dimensional especially when a demonic Vasskil starts to engage the inmates of the villa one at a time and the rest of them are not brought into the picture despite them being fully aware of the prevailing circumstances. It’s like they are stowed away for the next scenes, which makes it look odd.

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Screened at

The Chennai International Film Festival (CIFF) 2014

The Chennai International Film Festival (CIFF) 2014 scheduled from Dec 18 -25 is an annual film festival organised by a film society, the Indo Cine Appreciation Foundation (ICAF), with the support of the government of Tamil Nadu, the South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce and the Film Federation of India.

Event Info

Date of Screening : 20-Dec-2014
Venue and Time : Woodlands, 5.00 PM

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Verdict

Verdict Stamp

For a movie based on a real life incident, ‘RoseVille’ takes its share of artistic freedom to put forward a probable explanation for the events that remain unsolved. A brilliant attempt to string the facts and weave them into a web of horror, suspense and thrill which will ensure to convince us that no remote villa is safe!