Igor Cobileanski’s first feature was written by Corneliu Porumboiu and Igor Cobileanski and had its world premiere in the East of the West competition of the 48th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.

“What drew me to this project was a very good script, especially the fact that it depicts a world that has no clear direction and lacks unity and purpose. The perfect place that portrays the environment in the script was present-day Moldova, where we did the shooting,” producer Alex Teodorescu told FNE.

Teodorescu is producing through Saga Film. The film was shot in the Republic of Moldova in Autumn 2010, with a budget slightly over 1m EUR, partially covered by a MEDIA development grant as well as a production grant of 300,000 EUR from the National Centre for Cinema. Chainsaw Europe from Bucharest hosted the editing process, Raza Studio the sound editing, and Budapest’s Focus Fox Studio the Dolby mixing.

Oleg Mutu, famous for Cristian Mungiu’s 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days/4 luni, 3 săptămâni şi 2 zile and Sergei Loznitsa’s In the Fog/V tumane, is the DoP. The main characters are played by Moldavian actors Igor Babiac and Sergiu Voloc and also by Romanian actor Ela Ionescu. The film opened in Romania on 27 September 2013. It was awarded the FIPRESCI award in Cottbus IFF and outnumbered Child's Pose at the nominations for Gopo Awards winning best debut and best cinematography.

Production Information:

Saga Film
8 Dimitrie Racoviţă Street
Sector 2, Bucharest, 023993
Romania
Phone: +40.21.317.33.60
Fax: +40.21.317.33.64
www.sagafilm.ro
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Credits:
Director: Igor Cobileanski
Script:
Corneliu Porumboiu
Igor Cobileanski
DoP: Oleg Mutu
Art director: Adrian Suruceanu
Editors:
Eugen Kelemen
Cristina Ionescu

Cast:
Igor Babiac
Sergiu Voloc
Ela Ionescu
Igor Caras
Angela Ciobanu