The film follows Doru and Mihai, boys from Iasi, Romania, over the course of a couple of days, during which they smoke weed, eat ciorbă and mistakenly shoot their dealer’s grandmother.
Acting
Non-professionals who feel like actual Romanian teens you went to school with
Direction
Parascan's debut captures lived-in spaces without romanticizing poverty
Director
Matei Parascan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in Iași with local non-actors, this is peak Romanian New Wave: minimal budget, maximum authenticity, zero Hollywood redemption arcs.
Director Parascan cast actual friends from his hometown; the weed-smoking scenes reportedly required minimal direction. The grandmother was a local found in a market.