Mircea Olteanu

A few days before Christmas, having quit his job in Germany, Matthias returns to his Transylvanian village. He wishes to involve himself more in the education of his son, Rudi, left for too long in the care of his mother, Ana, and to rid him of the unresolved fears that have gripped him. He’s also eager to see his ex-lover Csilla and preoccupied about his old father, Otto. When a few new workers are hired at the small factory that Csilla manages, the peace of the community is disturbed, underlying fears grip the adults, and frustrations, conflicts and passions erupt through the thin sliver of apparent understanding and calm.

Irina wants to go to school, get her degree and escape her dysfunctional family. Liviu, her cousin, is a businessman who lives in a village. He doesn’t believe much in the importance of an education and finds himself at loggerheads with Irina, who would sacrifice anything to go to school.

Mircea, former Intelligence officer, finds out that his son from has gone missing in the mountains. He travels there to find him. After days of searches, Mircea put his own rescue team together, leading to conflict with the local squad.

He wanted to become Someone, and he became somebody else.

While working in the US on a temporary visa as a caretaker, Mara, a 30 year-old single mother from Romania, marries Daniel, an American. After the arrival of her son Dragos, everything seems to have fallen perfectly into place. When the process of getting a green card veers unexpectedly off course, however, Mara is faced with abuses of power on every level and forced to answer a dark question about herself – how far would you go to get what you want?

A group of freshmen in an orthodox college are introduced in a world of cons, pleasure and money, but they soon discover that's not the way one's life should be lead.

Romanian-born Radu Patru is a trainee at a prestigious French news network. Serving as a translator and general problem solver, or "fixer," for the headlining journalists during his trial period, he's looking to make his big break. He sees his opportunity when two underage Romanian prostitutes are repatriated from France, creating an international scandal. Taking advantage of his language skills and local connections, Radu is prepared to do whatever it takes to interview one of the young girls. But as he ventures into tricky moral ground, he must stop to ask himself if, as an aspiring journalist, he can live with the consequences of his actions, and if, as a father, he's setting a good example for his son.

Babisa has just had a beautiful baby girl. But to be released from hospital she needs a signature from her own mum, whom she has not seen since she was a child. Silent observing glances speak volumes in this fast-paced and powerful drama about complex family relationships.

At the dinner table one night, a close-knit Romanian family is upset by a startling revelation.

Romeo Aldea, a physician living in a small mountain town in Transylvania, has raised his daughter Eliza with the idea that once she turns 18, she will leave to study and live abroad. His plan is close to succeeding. Eliza has won a scholarship to study psychology in the UK. She just has to pass her final exams – a formality for such a good student. On the day before her first written exam, Eliza is assaulted in an attack that could jeopardize her entire future. Now Romeo has to make a decision. There are ways of solving the situation, but none of them using the principles he, as a father, has taught his daughter.

Totonel (10) and his sisters, Andreea (14) and Ana (17), are waiting for their mother to come back home from prison. As they grow up, each of them learns how to survive on their own, hoping that when their mother returns, the family will be reunited.

かつて幼少時代を同じ孤児院で過ごしたアリーナとヴォイキツァ。ドイツに出稼ぎに行っていた身寄りのないアリーナは、修道院にいるヴォイキツァを訪ねて、冬のルーマニアに戻ってくる。アリーナの願いは、世界でただひとり愛するヴォイキツァと一緒に居ること。しかし、修道院で暮らし信仰に目覚めたヴォイキツァとは以前のように心が通わなくなり、アリーナは精神のバランスを崩していく。そしてそれが悪魔の仕業とみなされ悪魔祓いの儀式が執り行われることになり、再び彼女を取り戻そうとするアリーナは次第に精神を患っていく。静かで穏やかな生活を営んでいた修道女たちを戸惑わせ、混乱させるアリーナ。ついに修道院は彼女の病が悪魔の仕業であるとみなし、彼女を救うべくある決断を下すのだった―。＜クリスティアン・ムンジウ監督が、05年に同国で起こった事件を題材に、2人の女性が悪魔祓いの犠牲になる悲劇を描いたドラマ。＞