Your best friend dies. Now you find out you never really knew them. Romanian grief hits different.
After the suspicious death of his best friend Nic, Stefan, a fifty-year-old businessman, uncovers the unknown part of their relationship and has to come to terms with his new life.
Acting
Boguță's face does an entire novel's worth of work.
Direction
Gruzsniczki lets silences scream.
Cinematography
Bucharest's grays become a character in mourning.
Director
Andrei Gruzsniczki
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title 'Zavera' translates to 'conspiracy,' referencing both the friends' secret bond and the broader Romanian context of hidden lives under surveillance.
Gruzsniczki based the film on a real 1970s Romanian novel that was banned for its 'unhealthy' portrayal of male friendship; the film finally unburies what the regime buried.
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