A stranger's kid, a disappearing woman, and the sea that swallows everything.
A beautiful Western woman asks a Gypsy to watch her four-year-old child while she is taught how to swim by a flirtatious married man, before she disappears into the sea.
Direction
Sitaru's patient, observational handheld style builds dread without scoring.
Acting
Clara Vodă's dual role as mother and disembodied voice haunts the frame.
Director
Adrian Sitaru
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sitaru's film interrogates Romanian coastal tourism, where Western visitors exoticize local 'authenticity' while locals perform servility for survival.
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