A father discovers his daughter's boyfriend roots for the wrong team. Literally.
Mircea has a 15-year-old daughter whose boyfriend is invited to dine with the family. He arrives early and they go to her bedroom. While watching TV, Mircea can hear his daughter moaning from her room. The dinner starts and Mircea finds out that the boyfriend supports a different football team.
Acting
Bogdan Voda's simmering passive-aggression is masterclass in restraint.
Direction
Negoescu stretches 15 minutes into exquisite social discomfort.
Director
Paul Negoescu
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Steaua-Dinamo rivalry referenced here isn't just football — it's encoded class and political identity from Communist-era Romania.
Negoescu filmed this as his graduation project at UNATC Bucharest; it won the Romanian Film Critics' Award and launched his feature career.
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