Completed - ROMANIAN - Drama, Fantasy, Second film - 88 minutes
The film narrates, like a fable, the struggle of a young woman to protect the child she carries, who, she believes, is a miracle, an immaculate conception.
Year of production : 2015 Director(s) : Ruxandra ZENIDE Writer(s) : Ruxandra ZENIDE, Alex IORDACHESCU Cast : Dorotheea PETRE, Elina LOWENSOHN, Bogdan DUMITRACHE Producer(s) : Alex IORDACHESCU (Elefant Films), Dan BURLAC (Elefant Film)
In the heart of the Danube Delta, earth and water, superstition and religion are mixed together to make up the mysterious and miraculous Tekir’s mud. Accused from witchery and chased away from her village, Mara finds herself employed at the Tekir Hotel, specifically in charge of the rich and eccentric Mrs. Lili, providing her treatment with this miraculous mud. The relationship between the two women will become the key of the miracle of Tekir, between magic and power, tradition and modernity.
Country(ies) : SWITZERLAND Financing plan : Federal Office of Culture, SwitzerlandCentrul National al Cinematografiei, RomaniaEurimagesCINEFOROM & Loterie RomandePourcent culturel MigrosZenith Media Start of shooting : October 2014
Zurich FF 2015 International Feature Film CompetitionGuadalajara FICG 2016 Fuera de Competencia