Synopsis
In the Romanian countryside, Mirela, a young fragile and nervous dancer, tries in vain to confess a secret to the village priest. The latter is preparing a ceremony to the memory of a dead person. A new teenager, Lucia, has just arrived in the region. Mirela and Lucia don't yet know each other, but their encounter will change Mirela's life.
Credits
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Actors (6)
Production and distribution (1)
- Foreign production company : Centrul Cultural Meta
Full credits (14)
- Screenwriter : François Barbier
- Director of Photography : François Barbier
- Music Composer : Malina Curca
- Assistant director : Maria Manolescu
- Editor : François Barbier
- Sound Recordist : Benoît Maerens
- Foreign Producer : Romelo Pervolovici
- Camera Operator : François Barbier
- Production manager : Nathalie Lapicorey
- Sound Editor : Filip Muresan
- Artistic director : Eva Pervolovici
- Visual effects : Marie-Léa Gatti
- Sound Mixer : Filip Muresan
- Post-production supervisor : Marie-Léa Gatti
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama, Psychological drama
- Themes : Adolescence, Motherhood, Religion
- Production language : Romanian
- Coproducer countries : Romania, France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Minority French (Romania, France)
- Production year : 2016
- Runtime : 9 min 45 seconds
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : CinemaScope
- Audio format : Stereo
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