Maria wanders through a seaside town for the burial of her enigmatic neighbour, Isabela, who may or may not have been able to talk to trees. As the nights grow longer, she adopts Isabela’s stray dogs, meets her son, and encounters a woodcutter who is afraid of sleep. Original Title Nu mă lăsa să mor Year of production 2025 Length 108' CountryRomania/Bulgaria/France Shooting Format Digital Aspect Ratio 1.66:1 Dialogue Romanian
DirectorAndrei Epure Producers Ana Gheorghe, Alex Teodorescu Co-producers Angel Ivanov, Virginia Venkova, Thomas Lambert, Ana Ciobanu, Theo Nissim Production Companies Saga Film, Handplayed, Tomsa Films, Arrogant Films, Conceptual Lab by Theo Nissim Writers Andrei Epure, Ana Gheorghe Director of Photography Laurențiu Răducanu Editor Dragoș Apetri Production and Costumes Designer Alexandra-Alma Ungureanu Make-up Bistra Kechidjieva Hair Andreea Popescu Casting Director Dan Ursu Sound Engineer Veselin Zografov Sound design and Mixing Nathalie Vidal Music The Dale Cooper Quartet & The Dictaphones VFX Dimitrie Tuduciuc Cast Cosmina Stratan, Elina Löwensohn, Silviu Debu, Ricky, Anishka, Ozana Oancea, Mihaela Sîrbu, Elias Ferkin, George Albert Costea, Isabela Neamțu, Georgi Yordanov, Ioana Crăciunescu, Ana Dumitrașcu, Cezar Grumăzescu, Gabriel Spahiu, Dan Ursu, Tiberiu Harsan, Otilia Panainte
Director's Statement This film is a commemoration of a life that left behind ambiguous traces. Slightly divergent, oscillating between semi-comedy and semi-horror, with a touch of doom jazz.
