Mariana, the Sidekick
Synopsis
Mariana, 70 years old, is the wife of Vasile Tweesterman, 75 years old, a bored retiree whose only occupation consists of organizing the perfect funeral: his own... A faithful woman as usual, Mariana supports Vasile in his new whim... until she realizes that unlike her husband, she still loves life and doesn’t want to end it alone. So, for the first time in her life, she does the unthinkable: she lies to Vasile and hatches a plan to end her husband’s obsession, and rekindle her love for life.
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- Executive Producers : oriGine films, Atelier de Film
- Film exports/foreign sales : oriGine films
Full credits (11)
- Screenwriter : Geo Doba
- Music Composer : Benoît Dupont
- Assistant Director : Laurențiu Tomoroga
- Editor : Ciprian Cimpoi
- Sound Recordist : Ștefan Azaharioaie
- Costume designer : Luminița Crăciun
- Executive Producer : Codrina Pătru
- Assistant Operator : Marius Luca
- Production Designer : Oana Novicov
- Director of Photography : Radu Lopotaru
- Make-up Artist : Maria-Luiza Ionescu
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Death, Family, Love
- Production language : Romanian
- Premier pays de production : Romania
- Coproducer countries : Romania (52.97%), France (47.03%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Minority French (Romania, France)
- Production year : 2025
- Runtime : 10 min 52 seconds
- Visa number : 159.538
- Visa issue date : 01/07/2025
- Production formats : HD 4K
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 2.1
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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