A filmmaker frames his parents' escape from communist Romania—then the lens swings around and stares back at him.
Dragos Binder is doing research in order to write a fiction film based on the true event of his parents fleeing the country in the 80s communist Romania, but then he changes the subject, moving the camera lens on himself.
Direction
Netzer's clinical, unflinching gaze that refuses to let anyone off the hook.
Acting
Pârvu's slow unraveling as the filmmaker realizes he's the real subject.
Writing
Script blurs documentary and fiction until you can't trust either.
Director
Călin Peter Netzer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Netzer continues Romania's New Wave tradition of bureaucratic despair, but turns the camera inward—literally.
The 1980s escape attempts referenced were real: thousands fled communist Romania through Yugoslavia, many captured or killed.
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