A couple of weeks after his wife Ioana dies in a car crash, drunk and alone on the night he turns 42, Alexandru receives a visit. Sebastian, a shy, younger man, has been Ioana's lover for the past five months. Sebastian has an outrageous request: he wants Alexandru to help him overcome the despair caused by Ioana's death.
Director’s Biography
Former film critic, Andrei Cretulescu produced for HBO Romania the first season of In Deriva (a remake of famous show In Treatment) and nine original documentaries. Andrei wrote and directed short films Bad Penny (2013), and Kowalski (2014. His third short, Ramona, won the Canal Award at La Semaine de la critique at the CANNES International Film Festival and the best short award in Transylvania International Film Festival.
Director : Andrei Cretulescu
Producer : Andrei Cretulescu, Marie Legrand, Rani Massalha, Velvet Moraru
Cast : Serban Pavlu, Radu Iaconban, Ana Ularu
Screenplay : Andrei Cretulescu
Cinematographer : Barbu Balasoiu
Editor : Catalin Cristutui
Music : Massimiliano Nardullli
Sound Designer : Nicolas Waschkowski, Marius Leftarache, Yann Legay
Production Designer : Malina Ionescu
Production Company : Icon Production, Les Films du Tambour
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Festivals
Locarno International Film Festival
Chicago International Film Festival
Braunschweig International Film Festival
Director’s Filmography
Charleston
Original Title : Charleston
English Title : Charleston
Country : France/Romania
Language : Romanian
Year : 2017
Runtime : 119Mins
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