Biography

Yuri Zhirov was best known for his film Breathe, becoming the manifesto of a first Bulgarian unofficial, opposition committee and a metaphor for resistance to the totalitarian regime. The Committee was established on March 8, 1988 in the House of Cinema after the premiere of the film. Among the films directed by him, there are also "The Wall", "Every day of life", "Difficult children".
- IMDb mini biography by: Georgi Djulgerov

What is truly new, what brings development, is created by independent voices, which, for precisely these reasons, are rarely mass-produced, or at least do not allow them to become so (which is the same thing). In addition, there is also a harmful social function. It is usually performed by conformism.

The brave people in our state are used as springboard by the careerists. This is the case also with the six women from Ruse /heroines of the documentary/ who now keep silent not out of modesty only but because of insult too. They were pushed out by other people and popular faces of today. The film 'Breathе!' created enough problems for me. However everything became somehow secret and was covered. Until the changes in 1989 I was not allowed to work while at the same time I was on a salary. It was a murderous punishment.' October, 2007