cinematography tudor vladimir panduru
production design simona pădurețu
sound and image editing mircea olteanu
sound recording and post-processing constantin fleancu
sound mixing olivier dô hùu
awards 2016
best director, festival de cannes
fipresci award, filmfest hamburg
best film, vukovar ff
best screenplay, chicago iff
best director, palić european ff
best actor, chicago iff
nominated for best director, european film academy
nominated for best screenwriter, european film academy
cast
romeo: adrian titieni
eliza: maria drăguș
the priest: valeriu andriuţă
magda: lia bugnar
sandra mălina manovici
chief inspector: vlad ivanov
exam commitee president: gelu colceag
marius: rareș andrici
vice-mayor bulai: petre ciubotaru
romeo’s mother: alexandra davidescu
albu marian: lucian ifrim
agent sandu: gigi ifrim
gelu: adrian văncică
csilla: orsolya moldovan
doctor pandele: tudor smoleanu
mrs. bulai: liliana mocanu
matei: david hodorog
produced by: mobra films
coproduced by:
why not productions
les films du fleuve
france 3 cinema
with the support of:
the Romanian national center for cinematography
eurimages
with the contribution of:
canal +
france télévisions
ciné+
wild bunch
upm: adrian moroca
executive producer: tudor reu
co-producers:
pascal caucheteux and grégoire sorlat
vincent maraval
jean-pierre and luc dardenne
jean labadie
producer: cristian mungiu
Synopsis:
Romeo stands in the kitchen in front of the open window and listens to the trains passing in the distance. It’s June, and it’s getting dark outside. He has to talk to Eliza and doesn’t yet know what he will tell her. Being a father and growing older have lately become overwhelming for him. He’s tired, and his life is very different to what he imagined it would be back when he was 30.
ROMEO ALDEA (49), a physician living in a small mountain town in Transylvania, has raised his daughter Eliza with the idea that once she turns 18, she will leave to study and live abroad.
His plan is close to succeeding – Eliza has got a scholarship to study psychology in UK. She just has to pass her final exams – a formality for such a good student as she is.
On the day prior to her first written exam, an incident jeopardizes Eliza’s departure.
Now Romeo has to make a decision. There are ways of solving the situation, but none of them using the principles he, as a father, has taught his daughter.
