Your first love walks back in—138 minutes later, you're still wondering if you texted.
Tomas, a young actor, tries to balance the young adult lifestyle: relationships, parties and a career. At a party he randomly reconnects with his first love, Emma. Strong feelings of love and regret return for both of them. The timing of their meeting leaves him questioning what growing up means and how our decisions affect us.
Acting
Stefan Radu's whole body does the acting when words fail.
Direction
Neagu lets scenes breathe until you forget you're watching.
Cinematography
Party lights and morning-after grays hit different.
Director
Lucas Neagu
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Romania's New Wave 2.0—less poverty tourism, more millennial malaise.
The 138-minute runtime mirrors relationship limbo: long enough to hope, too long to stay.
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