Ion Sapdaru

A woman assists her friend in arranging an illegal abortion in 1980s Romania.

A local talk show host organizes an alcoholic professor and a pensioner known for playing Santa Claus to decide whether there was ever a revolution in their town Vaslui.

A railway chief delays a NATO train transporting military equipment during the war in Kosovo in 1999.

On the brink of revolution in 1989 Romania, six lives intersect amid protests and personal struggles, leading to the explosive fall of Ceausescu and the communist regime.

15 years ago, Luiza decided to make a fresh start in Spain. She left her 3-year-old daughter Cristina in the care of her relatives and took off. When she returns to Romania, the woman learns some shocking truths that were kept hid...

Two friends begin a journey full of adventures in Eastern Europe, trying to make it in business and fulfill their long-time dreams.

A drama about a woman who seems able to overcome everything for freedom, except for her past mistakes.

A lumberjack, Doru, whose wife dies leaving the child she was looking after, Meda, at risk of being sent to an orphanage, decides to fight for adoption, against the odds.

A high-profile politician running for the EU Parliament meets a tractor driver, teaming up during the election campaign in a small Romanian town.

Professor Nitza is the good guy: soft-spoken and mild-mannered. Everyone in the movie gets license to treat him like a punching bag.