''House Arrest'' Bulgarian Домашен арест (Domashen arest) is a
Bulgaria
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n sitcom aired on bTV and produced by bTV Studios. The series marked the dawn of a new generation of Bulgarian cinema and television. Some critics have said that it is the most successful Bulgarian sitcom. The first season aired starting November 24, 2011 as part of the "Season of Bulgarian TV series". Directors of production are Peter Valchanov and Nikolay Penchev, Stanislav Todorov - Rogi, Grigor Kumitski and writer Nelly Dimitrova. Chief operator Grigor Kumitski.
''House arrest'' is a unique product developed based on the model of American sitcoms such as ''
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Friends
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'' among others. One of the leading British experts in this genre - director Ben Squirt - was part of the consulting team in the beginning stage of the project.
The series was filmed with
HD cameras in
16:9 format, but in his first season was broadcast in 4:3, the second season changes to HD 16:9 format, along with the transition of TV to HD.
Characters
* Mother Emi (
Tatyana Lolova
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) - Emilia, a woman from an aristocratic family, the mother of Anastasia and Emko, mother-in-law of Kotzeto. She doesn't like her son-in-law.
* Kotzeto (
Fillip Avramov) - son-in-law of Emi, father of Lucho and Zara. Freeloader of the family.
* Anastasia (
Maya Bejanska) - daughter of Mother Emi, sister of Emko, mother of Lucho and Zara, wife of Kotzeto.
* Emko (
Ivan Panev) - son of Mother Emi, brother of Anastasia, uncle of Lucho and Zara. He is very smart, but doesn't have many friends.
* Zara (
Stefani Doycheva) - granddaughter of Mother Emi, daughter of Kotzeto and Anastasia, twin sister of Lucho
* Lucho (
Velizar Velichkov) - grandson of Mother Emi, son of Kotzeto and Anastasia, twin brother of Zara
* Milko (
Borislav Zahariev) - best friend of Kotzeto, a neighbor of Kotzeto
* The Blond Bisserka (Magdalena Pavlova) - a friend of Emko
* The Black Bisserka (Asya Yocheva) - a friend of Emko
* The Capitan (
Veselin Kalanovski) - Mother Emi's friend
* Raicho (
Nikolay Stanoev) - a friend of Kotzeto
* Bat Kolio (
Kitodar Todorov) - a friend of Kotzeto
* Elenko (Valentin Goshev) - father of Kotzeto
* István Csurka Yegeresegere (
Orlin Pavlov
Orlin Orlinov Pavlov (born April 23, 1979) ( Bulgarian Cyrillic: Орлин Орлинов Павлов) is a Bulgarian singer and actor.
Music and Acting career
In 2002 Orlin Pavlov was invited to become the lead singer of the pop group Kaffe ...
) - Hungarian, was once betrothed to Anastasia
Guest stars
*
100 Kila
Yavor Dimitrov Yanakiev ( bg, Явор Димитров Янакиев; born 16 May 1985), better known by his stage name 100 Kila ( bg, 100 Кила; also stylized as 100KILA), is a Bulgaria, Bulgarian rapper, actor, songwriter and entrepreneur f ...
(Bulgarian Hip-Hop singer) - Zara's Boyfriend
Episodes
Season 1
Season 2
Season 3
Season 4
References
External links
Official website* {{IMDb title, id=2279701
Bulgarian television series
2010s Bulgarian television series
2011 Bulgarian television series debuts
2013 Bulgarian television series endings
BTV (Bulgaria) original programming