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The film takes the viewer into a journey through Alex’s confused world, after he finds out that his mother has suffered a cerebral attack. His mother’s state, the doctors, his girlfriend, the hospital’s patients, his mother’s girlfriends, the contradictory advice he receives from everyone or the patient wearing a rabbit mask on her face – all these contribute to Alex’s paranoia. As his mother seems to feel better, Alex commits numerous mistakes. For love with best intentions.

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After studying film directing in Bucharest, Adrian Sitaru directs the short film “Waves” which brought him the Golden Leopard of Tomorrow in Locarno Film Festival. His debut feature film, “Hooked”, premiered at Venice Days in 2008 and established Sitaru as a new voice in Romanian post-communist cinema. Since then, his films gathered recognition from festivals such as Berlinale, Sundance, Palm Springs, Chicago, Thessaloniki and Sarajevo.

Awards+
Festivals
  • Best Director, Best Actor
    64th Festival del Film Locarno International Competition, Locarno, Switzerland
  • 7th Reykjavik International Film Festival Reykjavik, Island
  • FNE Visegrad Award for Best Co-production
    8th Jameson Miskolc International Film Festival Miskolc, Hungary
  • 2nd Ostrava Kamera Oko, Cinematographer Film Festival Ostrava, Czech Republic
  • Vancouver International Film Festival 2011 Vancouver, Canada
  • 26th Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur 2011 Namur, Belgium
  • 16th Busan International Film Festival International Competition, Busan, South Korea
  • 13th Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • 48th Chicago International Film Festival Chicago, USA
  • 4th Abu Dhabi International Film Festival Abu Dhabi, UAE
  • 9th Mumbai International Film Festival Mumbai, India
  • 9th Zagreb International Film Festival Zagreb, Croatia
  • 11th Viennale - Vienna International Film Festival Vienna, Austria
  • 40th International Film Festival «Molodist» Kyiv, Ukraine
  • 52nd Thessaloniki International Film Festival Thessaloniki, Greece
  • 25th Leeds International Film Festival The Golden Owl Competition, Leeds, UK
  • 56th Cork International Film Festival Cork, Ireland
  • 16th International Film Festival of Kerala Kerala, India
  • 16th Dublin International Film Festival 2012 Dublin, Ireland
  • CICAE Award & Award for Best Director
    17th Vilnius Film Festival Kinopavasaris Vilnius, Lithuania
  • Best Film
    46th Cleveland International Film Festival Central and Eastern Europe competition section Cleveland, USA
  • Cinequest Film Festival San Jose, USA
  • 10th Spirit of fire Film Festival Khanty-Mansiysk, Siberia, Russia
  • 30th Bergamo Film Meeting Bergamo, Italy
  • 12th Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival
  • Best Actor in a Leading Role, Best Actor in a Supporting Role
    Gopo Awards, Romania 2012
  • 36th Hong Kong International Film Festival 2012
  • 30th International Film Festival of Uruguay International Competition, Montevideo, Uruguay
  • 31st Istanbul Film Festival International Competition, Istanbul, Turkey
  • 40th La Rochelle International Film Festival La Rochelle, France
  • 40th La Rochelle International Film Festival Vila do Conde, Portugal
  • Wroclaw, Poland Wroclaw, Poland
  • 61st Melbourne International Film Festival 2012 Melbourne, Australia
  • München Filmuseum, Balkanfilmtage 2012 Munchen, Germany
details
team
  • Director
    Adrian Sitaru
  • Scriptwriter
    Adrian Sitaru
  • Producer
    Ada Solomon
  • Cinematographer
    Adrian Silișteanu
  • Editor
    Andrei Gorgan
  • Production Designer
    Monica Lăzurean-Gorgan
  • Costume Designer
    Mădălina Ionescu
  • Sound Designer
    Tamas Zanyi
Aspects
Technical
  • Running time
    105mins
  • Shooting format
    Digital
  • Screening format
    35mm, DCP, bluray, mov, mp4 (HD)
  • Aspect ratio
    1:2.35
  • Sound
    Dolby Digital