"What I found appealing in this story was the honesty of a tale about friendship, betrayal and courage and also the very sensitive way of touching a delicate social and historical issue using a punctual example that is more convincing than an entire recent history book," producer Ada Solomon told FNE before shooting started in September.

Solomon, who won the Golden Bear with Călin Peter Netzer's Child's Pose (which she co-produced together with Netzer and Parada Film, is now producing through Hi Film Productions (hifilm.ro) in co-production with the Hungary's Cor Leonis and Romania's Abis Studio.

A contemporary story rooted in the communist era, Roxanne follows a man whose life turns upside down when he discovers startling things in his file from the Securitate. Ileana Muntean and Valentin Hotea wrote the script. Alex Sterian is DOP. The cast includes: Şerban Pavlu, Diana Dumbravă, Mihai Călin, Adrian Văncică and Valeria Seciu. In Romania the film will be distributed by Parada Film starting 11 October.