Sceneggiatura / Screenplay: Emanuel Pârvu, Miruna Berescu Fotografia / Photography: Silviu Stavilă Montaggio / Editing: Mircea Olteanu Suono / Sound: Mirel Cristea Scenografia, Costumi / Set Designer, Costume Designer: Bogdan Ionescu Interpreti / Cast: Bogdan Dumitrache, Ciprian Chiujdea, Laura Vasiliu, Valeriu Andriuță, Ingrid Micu-Berescu, Adrian Țițieni, Richard Bovnoczki, Vlad Brumaru, Alina Berzunțeanu, Radu Gabriel, Costel Zamfir, Vlad Crudu, Daniela Vitcu, Miruna Soare, Bogdan Tulbure, Vlad Ionuț Popescu, Crina Semciuc Produzione / Produced by: FAMart Productions Con il sostegno di / Supported by: Romanian National Film Center Distribuzione internazionale / World Sales: Goodfellas Distribuzione per l’Italia / Distributed in Italy by: Academy Two
Adi (17) is spending the summer in his home village in the Danube Delta. One night he is brutally attacked on the street, the next day his world is turned upside-down. His parents no longer look at him as they did, and the seeming tranquillity of the village starts to crack. The film premiered in competition at Cannes 2024 and was then presented at the Sarajevo FF, where it won Best Film.
“I have approached the idea of making this film from two intertwined perspectives, the family perspective, since I am both a son and a father myself, and secondly, the perspective of what I feel is an ubiquitous intransigence in a world nowadays that is only sometimes filled with understanding and tolerance. But mostly, the story is my interpretation on the condition of we can generally call minorities. We have all been there though, where you can feel marginalised or alone in a certain moment in time. I was drawn in by the contradictory feelings towards something you just cannot understand… The opportunity to go back to love and understanding, to protect and unconditionally support arises within a context of a pure natural beauty – The Danube Delta, one of the most beautiful places in the world, and also the newest land in Europe, because, in my mind, maybe we should all let nature teach us again about beauty in all its forms. Metaphorically speaking, the horizon is best to be seen from the place where the Earth ends. The Danube Delta, our shooting location, is a visual paradise that contrasts aggressively with the events in the film. Human actions are thus contradicting nature, closing the horizon on a child by closing his future. And this paradox could only lead to tragedy.” (E. Pârvu)
Emanuel Pârvu
Actor, writer and film director Emanuel Pârvu was born in 1979 in Bucharest. He graduated from the Romanian National University for Theater and Film. He is known for his roles in films by Cristian Mungiu, Adrian Sitaru, Constantin Popescu, Bogdan George Apetri and by Călin Peter Netzer. He has written and directed several short films before his feature debut Meda or the Not So Bright Side of Things (2017), Best Director and Best Actor Award at the Sarajevo FF. The Trieste FF presented his short films O familie… in 2010 and Everything is Far Away in 2019. Three Kilometres to the End of the World is the Best International Feature Film Oscar nominee for Romania.
filmografia scelta / selected filmography
2009 O familie… cm / sf 2013 Square One cm / sf 2017 Meda sau Partea nu prea fericită a lucrurilor (Meda or the Not So Bright Side of Things); Premi / Awards: Sarajevo FF – Migliore regia, Migliore attore protagonista / Best Director, Best Actor 2018 Totul e foarte departe (Everything is Far Away) cm / sf 2021 Marocco (Mikado); Premi / Awards: Bucharest IFF – Menzione speciale / Special Mention 2024 Trei kilometri până la capătul lumii (Tre chilometri alla fine del mondo / Three Kilometres to the End of the World); Premi / Awards: Cannes FF – Palma Queer / Queer Palm; Sarajevo FF – Miglior film / Best Film
