“…Profit seeking counterpoised as usually to beauty and idealism enkindle the feelings of Ran. In the end of the film Ran is chased out of his position at the school, due to the conflicts his attitude provokes.…”

“…The film is perhaps reminiscent of Antonioni in its arid mood, and of Resnais in its elliptical examination of the past through the eyes of the present; but its concerns are particular to the Bulgarian "revolutionary" generation, older in 1967 and facing the faults of the political system and the corruption of the ideal. The elegant chamber piece is highly regarded for the fine acting performances by Nevena Kokanova and Ivan Andonov, and for a rare irony in its approach to the revolutionary spirit of the immediate postwar years.…”

“…With a view to presenting his story in dramatic, human terms, Dyulgerov chose to focus on one character above all others, a young shepherd who undergoes a transformation that is in step with the times around him, and embodies all of the ideals, problems, and sorrows of this war for independence. …”