A widow, a stranger, and a child who just wants his dad back — Romanian grief hits different.
Dana, a young teacher, loses her husband in a car accident. Her four year old son misses a father a lot. Dragoș appears in their lives to fill the void.
Acting
Emilia Popescu's restrained grief — she barely cries and destroys you.
Direction
Nichituș-Mihăilescu's patience lets pain breathe in real time.
Director
Cristina Nichituș-Mihăilescu
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Ceaușescu's final years, the film's cramped apartments and scarce resources aren't set dressing — they're documentary. The widow's isolation mirrors national stagnation.
Director Cristina Nichituș-Mihăilescu was one of only three women directing features in Romania that decade; this was her second and final film before emigrating to France.
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