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Completed - ROMANIAN - Social issues, Drama - 123 minutes

Log Line

Ecaterina, a high school Religion teacher and wife of the town priest, gets involved with Iuliu, an audacious 16-year-old pupil of hers. He starts confessing to the priest.

Year of production : 2021

Director(s) : Octav CHELARU
Writer(s) : Octav CHELARU
Cast : Malina MANOVICI, Alexandru PAPADOPOL, Sergiu SMEREA, Voicu DUMITRAS

Producer(s) : Radu STANCU (DEFILM (DE FILM PRODUCTION SRL)), Livia RADULESCU (DEFILM (DE FILM PRODUCTION SRL)), Christoph KUKULA (42FILM GMBH), Eike GORECZKA (42FILM GMBH), Maja POPOVIC (EED Productions)

Synopsis

Ecaterina, a high school Religion teacher and wife of the town priest, gets involved with Iuliu, a 16-year-old student with a troubled past. Ecaterina tries to keep him under control, but she loses her own control in the process. As Ecaterina faces a genuine crisis of faith, Iuliu’s infatuation turns increasingly dangerous when he takes his sins to the priest, her husband.

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Country(ies) : ROMANIA, GERMANY, SERBIA

Festivals and Awards

Thessaloniki IFF 2021
Int'l Film Fest. Of india, Goa 2021
Transilvania International Film Festival 2022
Gent IFF 2022
Kerala IFF 2022


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