Distribution
A River's Gaze
DIRECTOR: Andreea Bortun
91 minutes | Romania, France, SLOVENIA
Lavinia, a single mother, is trying to make a better living for her and her son, in a poor Romanian village. On her own terms. She’s impulsive, she miscalculates, she doesn’t know very well how to love. Dani, her 13 years old son however needs his mother more than ever during this period of his life, at the threshold between childhood and adolescence. In the course of the four seasons, Dani and Lavinia’s relationship is put to the test.
About
Production: Atelier de Film, Films de Force Majeure, Perfo d.o.o.
Release: Planned for 2026
Cast:
Mihaela Subțirică (Lavinia)
Stefan Costea (Dani)
Vasile Pavel (Marian)
Gallery
Support
Eurimages, Centrul Național al Cinematografiei, Aide aux Cinemas du Monde – Centre National du Cinema et de L’image Animee – Institut Français, Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Sebastian Stan, MEDIA Europe Creative, Slovenian Film Centre, Mediacom Romania, Mindshare Media, BRD Groupe Société Générale, United Media Services.
Co-produced with TETA, Forest Film, Avanpost.
This project was selected at
TIFF – Transilvania International Film Festival (Cluj Napoca, Romania) – Transilvania Pitch Stop Award – Venice-Gap Financing Market 2022
Team
Writer & Director Andreea Bortun
Script consultant Matthieu Taponier
Producers Gabi Suciu, Jean-Laurent Csinidis, Ales Pavlin
DoP Laurențiu Răducanu
Production manager Jérôme Nunes
Postproduction manager Nora Bertone
Production designer Lulu Petrescu
Composer Cosmin Postolache
Editor Tudor D. Popescu
Sound designer Florent Klockenbring
Sound mixer Frédéric Bielle
Colorist Michael Derrossett
Technical sheet
Format HD
Sound 5.1, stéréo
Length 91 minutes
Colour
FESTIVALS
World Premiere SMART7 (Lithuania, Portugal, Spain, Romania, Poland, Iceland, Greece)