Synopsis
Ecaterina, an attractive 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.
Project details
- Production countries: Romania, Germany, Serbia
- Produced by deFilm in co-production with 42Film and EED Productions
- With the support of: THE ROMANIAN FILM CENTER | MITTELDEUTSCHE MEDIENFÖRDERUNG (MDM) | FILM CENTER SERBIA | THE CREATIVE EUROPE MEDIA PROGRAMME OF THE EUROPEAN UNION| THE ROMANIAN TELEVISION
- Running time: 123 min
- Genre: Drama
- Shooting format: Digital / Color
- Screen ratio: 2.39:1
- Framerate: 24
- Original language: Romania
- To be released in: 2022
Credits
- Cast: MĂLINA MANOVICI | ALEXANDRU PAPADOPOL | SERGIU SMEREA | VOICU DUMITRAȘ | RICHARD BOVNOCZKI | ANA MARIA MOLDOVAN | OANA ȘTEFĂNESCU | MARIAN RÂLEA | GABRIEL SPAHIU | CODRINA PĂTRU | ILINCA HĂRNUȚ | ILINCA NEACȘU | TIBERIU ENACHE | GABI ANTON | OCTAVIAN COSTIN | KOSTAS MINCU
- Writer and Director: OCTAV CHELARU
- Producer: RADU STANCU
- Co-producers: EIKE GORECZKA, CHRISTOPH KUKULA, MAJA POPOVIC, VLADIMIR VASILJEVIC
- Executive producer: LIVIA RĂDULESCU
- Production coordinator: OANA BARDAN
- Director of Photography: BARBU BĂLĂȘOIU
- Editor: DRAGOȘ APETRI
- Original score: MARTIN KOHLSTEDT
- Production Design: IULIA FULICEA
- Sound recording: JOHANNES DOBERENZ
- Sound design: SEBASTIAN SCHMIDT
- Costumes: MILICA KOLARIĆ
- Make-up: TATJANA VIDANOVIĆ
WORKSHOPS
- First Cut + 2021
- Les Films de Cannes a Bucharest 2020
- Apost Lab 2019
- Cinelink Co-Production Market 2018 | Sarajevo IFF
- Midpoint Feature Launch 2018 | Trieste IFF, Belgrade, Karlovy Vary IFF
- Less is More 2018
- LAGFF International Project Discovery Forum 2018 | Los Angeles
- Villa Kult Residency 2017 | Berlinale
- Transylvania Pitch Stop 2017 | TIFF
- Pustnik Screenwriter’s Residency 2017
AWARDS
- BUZAU IFF | LONG BUZZ AWARD-BEST FEATURE | 2022
FESTIVALS
- Thessaloniki Film Festival | 2021
- Film Festival of India (GOA) | 2021
- Kerala Film Festival | 2022
- Transilvania International Film Festival | 2022
- Gent International Film Festival | 2022
- GOPO Awards | 2023
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