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Three Kilometres to the End of the World

Three Kilometres to the End of the World

Original name: Trei Kilometri Până La Capătul Lumii
English name: Three Kilometres to the End of the World
Year: 2024
Run time: 105 minutes
Language: Romanian
Type (Colour/ Black & white): Colour
Country: Romania
Director: Emanuel Pârvu
Producers: Miruna Berescu
Cast: Bogdan Dumitrache, Ciprian Chiujdea,Laura Vasiliu, Valeriu Andriuta, Ingrid Micu-Berescu, Adrian Titieni, Richard Bovnoczki
Screenplay: Emanuel Pârvu & Miruna Berescu
Cinematographer: Silviu Stavilǎ
Editor: Mircea Olteanu
Sound Designer: Mirel Cristea
Costume Designer: Bogdan Ionescu
Production Designer: Bogdan Ionescu
Production Company: FAMart Association
World Sales: GoodFellas

Festivals:

  • Cannes FF 2024

Director’s Selected Filmography:

  • 2021 Mikado
  • 2017 Meda or The Not So Bright Side of Things

Director's Biography:

Emanuel Pârvu

Emanuel Pârvu was born in 1979 in Romania. He graduated from the Romanian National University for Theater and Film and holds a Master Degree in the Art of Acting and a PHD in Dramaturgical Structures. He works as an actor and as a film & theatre director. He is known for acting in Cristian Mungiu's Graduation and Tales from the Golden Age, Adrian Sitaru's Art, Contantin Popescu's Pororoca, and the most recent Calin Peter Netzer's feature Familiar. He has written and directed several short films before his feature debut Meda or The Not So Bright Side of Things, 2017 that had the World Premiere in the Official Competition of Sarajevo IFF, where it won Best Director and Best Actor Award.

Synopsis:

Adi, a 17-year-old teenager from a remote village in the Danube Delta, lives and studies in Tulcea, the nearest city. When he returns home for the summer holidays, the boy falls in love with Răzvan, a student from Bucharest. After a night out, Adi is badly beaten and left unconscious on a village alley. The moment both parents are confronted with the truth they cannot seem to understand, the unconditional love that Adi receives from his mother and father disappears. So, Adi is left with one option only.