The script penned by Netzer with Iulia Lumânare centers around Dragoș, a Romanian film director in his forties (played by Emanuel Pârvu), who decides to make a film about his family's emigration to Germany in the 80s, that followed his mother’s extramarital affair. Because the emigration happened under suspicious conditions, Dragoș investigates undercover, with help from his former girlfriend, Ilinca (played by Iulia Lumânare). As he delves deeper into his family's past, secrets come to light, leading to revelations about certain ties with the Secret Service.

“Using the present as a tool that makes the past intelligible, my main character instinctively recreates the mise-en-scene of the past, recreating the love triangle his parents once had formed and that had led to the never reconciled disruption of the family”, Călin Peter Netzer said in a statement.

The cast includes Ana Ciontea, Adrian Titieni, Victoria Moraru and Vlad Ivanov.

The film is produced by Netzer together with Oana Iancu through Parada Film alongside Cinema DeFacto (France), Gaïjin (France) and Volos Films (Taiwan), with support from the Romanian Film Centre (CNC), Taiwan Creative Content Agency, Taiwan’s International Co-funding Program (TICP), Aide aux cinémas du monde - Centre National du Cinéma et de l'Image Animée - Institut Français and Creative Europe MEDIA of the European Union.

Acclaimed Romanian cinematographers Barbu Bălășoiu and Andrei Butică lensed the film, and Berlinale-winner Dana Bunescu edited it.

Click HERE for the press release.