Thirty-nine-year-old Camil embarks on a dreamlike trip where the banal and the surreal merge. Struggling to come to terms with losing control – of his work, his social status, his relationship – he sets off on a search that leads him to question the basis of his identity as a man. He pursues his girlfriend into an increasingly bizarre and disturbing world of community and ritual before being confronted by a tragi-comic role-reversal that leads us to question everything.
Year of production 2023 Length 88' CountryRomania, Poland, Germany Shooting Format 2K Aspect Ratio1.78:1 Dialogue Romanian Director Sebastian Mihailescu Producers Diana Paroiu, Ada Solomon Co-producers Ewa Puszczynska, Nina Frese Production microFILM, Extreme Emotions, Pandora Film Co-productions Bord Cadre films, Sovereign Films, HiFilm Productions In association with Visual Walkabout, nomada.solo, Aeroplan Studios, XANF, Les Films d’Antoine, Wunderlust Executive Producers Dan Wechsler, Andreas Roald, Jamal Zeinal-Zade Associate Producer Antoine Simkine Line Producers Vlad Grajdan, Malgorzata Bereznicka Writers Andrei Epure, Sebastian Mihailescu Cinematographer Barbu Balasoiu Editor Catalin Cristutiu Sound Design Alin Zabrauteanu, Dragos Catarau Sound Mix Maciej Pawlowski M.P.S.E. Dialogue Editing and Premix Alexandru Dumitru Composer Piotr Kurek Sound Krzysztof Stasiak Production Designer Anca Lazar Costume Designer Malgorzata Trzaskowska Hair and Make-up Katrin Paas, Andreea Lupu Cast István Téglás, Malina Manovici, Denisa Nicolae, Steliana Balacianu, Rolando Matsangos, Mirela Cretan, Andreea Gheorghe, Mircea Bujoreanu, Alex Nemteanu, Marian Pîrvu, Dan Zarug Mihai, Bianca Roiu, Elena Chingalata, Dana „Marijuana” Coteanu, Alina Vior, Sorina Oprean, Feihong Pascu, Claudiu Mitcu
Project developed withinEAVE Ties That Bind, Torino Film Lab Extended, When East Meets West Co-production Forum, FirstCut+
Co-financed byRomanian Film Centre, Polish Film Institute, Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, Creative Europe MEDIA Programme, Romanian Public Television
Supported byCinema City Romania, Dr. Oetker, Ursus Breweries S.A., JYSKRomania, Provident Financial Romania, Hochland Romania,Bilka Steel, First Bank, Help Net, Mediacom, Publicis Groupe Media Bucharest, OMD Romania
Festival selections Berlinale Forum 2023, Germany - World Premiere
