Twenty minutes. One axe. Zero forgiveness. Romanian cinema doesn't flinch.
A woodcutter in an isolated snow village in the heart of the mountains tries to right his wrongs, but sometimes spilled blood can only be cleansed with his own blood.
Cinematography
Snow as character—beautiful and suffocating.
Acting
Spahiu's weathered face tells whole backstories.
Director
Paul Cioran
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Alb continues Romania's New Wave tradition of examining moral rot in isolated communities, where the Carpathian setting becomes a pressure cooker for masculine failure.
The title means 'white'—the color of snow, absolution, and the blank moral slate the protagonist desperately wants but can't earn.
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