Deep in an uncharted forest, an isolated ornithologist discovers a wild child captured in a grainy video, recorded by one of the infrared cameras he had hidden among the trees.
Cinematography
Infrared poetry—grainy green nightmares in the Romanian woods.
Acting
Văncică's silence screams louder than dialogue ever could.
Direction
Muntean builds dread from mundane bird-watching.

Director
Radu Muntean
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Muntean continues his obsession with moral cowardice—here, the protagonist's inaction mirrors his 2006 breakout 'The Paper Will Be Blue'.
Shot during the pandemic in the Bucegi Mountains; the infrared footage is genuine camera trap material, not filtered.