RO, SE | 2010 | colour | 94 min
dir | Florin Serban pro | Catalin Mitulescu, Daniel Mitulescu wr | Catalin Mitulescu, Florin Serban ph | Marius Panduru mus | Tomas Huhn, Andreas Franck, Florin Tabacaru, Gelu Costache ed | Sorin Baican, Catalin Cristutiu cast | George Pistereanu, Ada Condeescu, Mihai Constantin, Clara Voda dis | Tamasa Distribution

Silviu has only five days left before his release from the juvenile detention centre. But five days become an eternity when his mother returns from a long absence to take his younger brother away. A brother whom he raised like a son. Moreover, he has fallen in love with a beautiful social worker, whom he frequently meets in the penitentiary. With time running out and his emotions boiling over, desperate Silviu decides to kidnap Ana.

AWARDS
2010 Berlin International Film Festival – Special Grand Prix Jury Award in category Best Film for Florin Şerban
2010 Berlin International Film Festival – Special Alfred Bauer Award for Florin Şerban
2010 European Film Academy – European Film Award nomination in category Best European Actor of the Year for George Piştereanu, and European Discovery of the Year for Florin Şerban

DIRECTOR | Florin Şerban (1975)
He a Romanian film director whose film If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle won the Jury Grand Prix and the Alfred Bauer Prize at the 2010 Berlin Film festival. He is one of several young Romanian filmmakers to have had international success.