Synopsis
Given a portrait, who is responsible for the image we see, the painter or the subject? Ion was a rockstar of Ballet in Communist Romania. When we discuss the possibility of a shooting, Ion is initially overjoyed. He’s been dreaming that someday there’d be a film about him. But as things progress, he finds it hard to accept my approach. He questions my ability to make the film happen.
Crew
DIRECTOR
Xandra Popescu
SCRIPTWRITER
Xandra Popescu
PRODUCED BY
microFILM (Romania)
IN CO-PRODUCTION WITH
Hello Trouble (Romania)
Komplizen (Germany)
Romanian National Television (TVR)
PRODUCERS
Ada Solomon
Xandra Popescu
CO-PRODUCER
Jonas Dornbach
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Diana Caravia
Carla Fotea
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Pedro Bordaberry
SOUND ON SET
Laurențiu Coțac
EDITORS
Ana Branea
Cătălin Cristuțiu
Xandra Popescu
SOUND DESIGNER
Florentin Tudor
Main Cast
Ioan Tugearu
Festivals & Awards
Locarno IFF 2024 - Pardi di Domani, Best Short @ Bucharest InternationalDance Film Festival 2024, Concorto Film Festival Italy 2024, Bucharest International Dance Film Festival 2024, Singapore International Film Festival 2024 - Undercurrent Program, FIPADOC 2025 (shorts film selection), Cartagena de Indias International Film Festival (FICCI) - Official Selection - Iberoamérica
Sales & Distribution
INTERNATIONAL SALES
microFILM
ilinca.belciu@gmail.com
DISTRIBUTION (RO)
microMULTILATERAL
ilinca.belciu@gmail.com