US PREMIERE

A young Roma coppersmith from a Romanian village loses the means to support his wife and his 6-year old son when local farmers stop buying his handmade pots. While the older Roma coppersmiths still have a few customers, the younger generation is leaving for France to collect scrap metal or for Belgium to pick apples. This is anthropological cinema at its best, a tender look at a community forced into exodus for a better life, and a love letter to a craft made obsolete in our modern world. Preceded by short film Written/Unwritten by Adrian Silisteanu, a gripping story of a Roma family facing state bureaucracy. Both films won awards at the Transilvania International Film Festival: Best Debut and Best Short.

preceded by Written/Unwritten

2016. 20 m. Adrian Silisteanu. Romania. Romanian and Romani with subtitles. NR.