Directed by:
Ruxandra ZenideCinematography:
Hélène LouvartCast:
Doroteea Petre, Elina Löwensohn, Bogdan Dumitrache, George Pistereanu, Viorica Geanta Chelbea, Mirela Oprisor, Constantin Dinulescu, Daniela Nane (more)Plots(1)
The black mud of the Danube delta is supposed to have healing effects for female fertility. In the isolated countryside where mystical traditions and legends have passed from one generation to another prevail over modern thinking, the mud is collected only by female healers. When a young healer gets pregnant and claims that it happened without a man touching her, she must leave her village. She finds a job as the nurse of a wealthy woman who is trying for a child with the help of both the mud and a young gigolo. The poetic film presents a fascinating picture of a landscape in whose alien, dreamlike beauty, a myth meets modern world and the mystery of women's fate. (Febiofest)
(more)Cast
Doroteea Petre
Best movies:
The Whistleblower (2010)
Ryna (2005)
The Way I Spent the End of the World (2006)
Elina Löwensohn
Romania
Best movies:
Schindler's List (1993)
The Girl Without Hands (2016)
Basquiat (1996)
Bogdan Dumitrache
Romania
Best movies:
George Pistereanu
Romania
Best movies:
You're Ugly Too (2015)
If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle (2010)
Les Siffleurs (2019)
Viorica Geanta Chelbea
Best movies:
The Moromete Family (1987)
The Miracle of Tekir (2016)
Mirela Oprisor
Best movies:
The Paper Will Be Blue (2006)
Tuesday, After Christmas (2010)
Youth Without Youth (2007)
Constantin Dinulescu
Best movies:
Glissando (1982)
Jacob (1988)
Train of Life (1998)
Daniela Nane
Romania
Best movies:
The Miracle of Tekir (2016)
Out of Season (2004)
Dracula II: Ascension (2003)
Mara Nicolescu
Best movies:
Philanthropy (2002)
The Miracle of Tekir (2016)
Valentin Popescu
Romania
Best movies:
Toni Erdmann (2016)
Passo Doble (1985)
Philanthropy (2002)
Nicodim Ungureanu
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Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World (2023)
California Dreamin' (Endless) (2007)
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Axel Moustache
Romania
Best movies:
The Collini Case (2019)
Confessions of Felix Krull (2021)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Simona Cuciurianu
Best movies:
Of Snails and Men (2012)
The Miracle of Tekir (2016)
Blood and Chocolate (2007)
Nicoleta Lefter
Romania
Best movies:
Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn (2021)
The Miracle of Tekir (2016)