MFDB

Storyline

One cold evening in March, Barbu is tearing down the streets 50 kilometres per hour over the speed limit when he knocks down a child. The boy dies shortly after the accident. A prison sentence of between three and fifteen years awaits. High time for his mother, Cornelia, to intervene. A trained architect and member of Romania’s upper class, who graces her bookshelves with unread Herta Müller novels and is fond of flashing her purse full of credit cards, she commences her campaign to save her lethargic, languishing son. Bribes, she hopes, will persuade the witnesses to give false statements. Even the parents of the dead child might be appeased by some cash. 

Festivals & Academy awards and others

Berlin International Film Festival 2013
Winner: Golden Bear (Best Film)
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2013
Horizons
San Sebastián International Film Festival 2013
Pearls Section
BFI London Film Festival 2013
Love Section

European Film Awards (EFA) 2013
Nomination: European Actress (Luminita Gheorghiu)

Releases

Spain (23 of May 2014)