Young Masters

CHARLESTON

• Director: Andrei Cretulescu
• FRANCE, ROMANIA / 2017 / DCP / Colour / 119´ / Romanian; Turkish, English s.t.

• Screenplay: Andrei Cretulescu
• Director of Photography: Barbu Balasoiu
• Editing: Catalin Cristutiu
• Music: Massimiliano Nardulli
• Cast: Serban Pavlu, Radu Iacoban, Victor Rebengiuc, Ana Ularu, Dorian Boguta, Adrian Titieni, Ana Ciontea
• Producer: Velvet Moraru, Marie Legrand, Rani Massalha, Andrei Cretulescu
• Production Co.: Icon Production, Les Films du Tambour
• World Sales: Versatile Films

- 2017 MINSK Special Mention

A prime example of the rising new-Romanian cinema, Charleston, which premiered in the main competition of Locarno, is a “desperate love story that is sad, but not hopeless, funny, yet not happy,” according to director Andrei Cretulescu. The film is about a man, who, after losing his wife in a traffic accident, is going through the grieving process with his late wife’s lover. The debut feature of Andrei Cretulescu, a film critic and award-winning short film director, is a dark comedy that deals with themes of love, sadness, regret, and fate through an impossible love story and an unusual friendship.

This film was a Meetings on the Bridge participant.