Yannis
Abril de 1986. Os efeitos do desastre nuclear de Chernobil são rapidamente sentidos na Europa. Na Romênia, as medidas desesperadas tomadas pelo regime comunista afetaram muitos habitantes do norte do país. Devido aos perigos da radiação, muitas grávidas são forçadas a abortar por métodos improvisados (sob pressão indireta do partido). Irina, a única professora do vilarejo onde mora, já mãe de dois filhos, está sendo fortemente pressionada e precisa tomar uma decisão crucial. Inspirado em uma história real.
Barbatul
A subway train is blocked between stations on the morning after the fire in the Colectiv Club in Romania.
Giani
One worker in a bankrupt factory finds an unusual solution to save his co-workers from unemployment. If it doesn't work the factory will be privatized and sold to a French company planning to convert the plant into a snail cannery. Only 300 of the 3000 workers will keep their jobs.
The Cameraman
In 1911-12, the Romanian movie director Grigore Brezianu and the financial tycoon Leon Popescu made together the 2 hours long movie "Romania's Independence" - an as faithful as possible screen adaptation of the real Independence War that had been fought in 1877. Now, "Restul e tacere" tells us, in a loose and half-fictionalized way, the story of this movie making.
Terente Ștefan
The story takes place early in the 20th century in Eastern Romania, where a famous outlaw lived kind of a Clyde with many Bonnies legend in the landscape of the Danube Delta.
Gabi
Despre alte mame (Different Mothers) is based on a true story that happened to Polish movie director Kristofer Kieslowski during the filming of Station 1981 in which some of his footage was nearly used as evidence in a criminal case. Five young men go to a Station to film a documentary about People Waiting. Deciding to finish everything in one day, they stay till late in the night. As time passes by each of the characters is influenced, in a different way, by the events in the station and the accumulated fatigue.
