She drove six hours to meet a stranger from a chatroom in 2005 Romania. What could go wrong?
Andreea decides to follow her heart and visit Ninel, a guy that she has met online, although she hardly knows anything about him and in fact has never even seen him.
Acting
Tilea's trembling hope and Vecsei's guarded vulnerability.
Direction
Popescu's unflinching long takes that refuse to look away.
Cinematography
Bleached-out Bucharest exteriors that dwarf human connection.
Director
Constantin Popescu Jr.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in 2005, this captures Romania's uneasy transition where internet cafes promised escape from post-communist stagnation.
Popescu deliberately cast non-professionals from actual Bucharest suburbs; Vecsei was a real factory worker the director found at a bar.
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