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In the final days of Ceaușescu’s Romania, a ten-year-old girl becomes the last witness to her sister’s mysterious disappearance — and must find the courage to grow up in a collapsing world.


  • Production country: ROMANIA | FRANCE | DENMARK | GREECE | BULGARIA
  • Produced by deFilm in co-production with REMORA FILMS | STRÖM PICTURES | STUDIO BAUHAUS | SCREENING EMOTIONS
  • With the support of: ROMANIAN FILM CENTER | ROMANIAN GOVERNMENT – OFIC THE OFFICE FOR FILM AND CULTURAL INVESTMENTS | CNC CENTRE NATIONAL DU CINÉMA ET DE L’IMAGE ANIMÉE, INSTITUT FRANÇAIS, ‘AIDE AU CINEMAS DU MONDE | DANISH FILM INSTITUTE | BULGARIAN NATIONAL FILM CENTER | GREEK FILM CENTRE, NATIONAL RECOVERY & RESILIENCE PLAN – GREECE 2.0 | MEDIA INVESTMENT COMMUNICATION | CREATIVE EUROPE MEDIA | TORINO FILM LAB PRODUCTION AWARD | TORINO GREEN FILMING AWARD | CINEMA CITY
  • With the participation of: ARTE KINO | ERT SA | TVR | AVANPOST MEDIA | RADIO ROMANIA
  • Running time: 104 min
  • Genre: Mystery, Fantasy
  • Original language: Romanian
  • Released: 2025
  • Cast: EMMA IOANA MOGOŞ | MARINA PALII | IGOR BABIAC | ISTVÁN TÉGLÁS
  • Writer & director: MIHAI MINCAN
  • Producer: RADU STANCU | IOANA LASCĂR
  • Co-producers: CYRIAC AURIOL | MONICA HELLSTRÖM | KONSTANTINOS VASSILAROS | POLI ANGELOVA |  NIKOLAY TODOROV
  • Associate Producers: CARMEN RIZAC | VLAD RĂDULESCU | ORFEAS PERETZIS | AKP21: RÉMI BURAH – OLIVIER PÈRE | MIKULÁŠ NOVOTNÝ
  • Director of Photography: GEORGE CHIPER-LILLEMARK
  • Editor: DRAGOŞ APETRI
  • Original score: MARIUS LEFTĂRACHE
  • Sound design and Additional Music: NIKOLAS BECKER
  • Re-recording mixer: CYRIL HOLTZ
  • Sound: BENJAMIN LAURENT | ANGE HUBERT | FRÉDÉRIC DABO
  • Production designer: ANAMARIA ȚECU
  • Costume designer: DANA PǍPĂRUZ
  • Make-up: DIMITRA FAFALIOU
  • Hair: SOTIRIS PATERAKIS
  • Casting Director: FLORENTINA BRATFANOF
  • Line Producer: ADRIAN MOROCA
  • Torino Film Lab | Feature Lab 2023
  • ApostLab Mentorship Program 2023-2024
  • Baltic Event Co-Production Market, Industry@Tallinn of Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2020
  • Ecam Forum 2025
  • TFL Production Award
  • Green Filming Award
  • Gopo Awards | Best supporting actress | 2026
  • Gopo Awards | Young Hope | 2026
  • Gopo Awards | Best original music | 2026
  • Venice International Film Festival | 2025
  • Toronto International Film Festival | 2025
  • I Grandi Festival Rome | 2025
  • I Grandi Festival Milan | 2025
  • Central and Eastern European Film Festival in Luxembourg (CINEAST) | 2025
  • El Gouna Film Festival | 2025
  • Thessaloniki International Film Festival | 2025
  • International Film Festival Mannheim – Heidelberg | 2025
  • Compostela Cineuropa | 2025
  • Pune International Film Festival | 2026
  • International Film Festival Mannheim – Heidelberg | 2025
  • Goteborg Film Festival | 2026
  • Académie de Roumanie à Rome | 2026
  • Cinemateca Uruguaya | 2026
  • HKIFF – Hong Kong International Film Festival | 2026
  • San Francisco International Film Festival  San Francisco Film Society | 2026
  • International Film Festival Mannheim – Heidelberg | 2025
  • Tofifest International Film Festival Torun | 2026

© deFilm (RO) | REMORA FILMS (FR) | STRÖM PICTURES (DK) | STUDIO BAUHAUS (GR) | SCREENING EMOTIONS (BG) 2025


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