original title:
Sorella di clausura
italian title:
Il sogno più lungo
directed by:
cast:
Katia Pascariu, Cendana Trifan, Miodrag Mladenovic, Arnold Kelsch, Catalin Dordea, Adrian Radu
screenplay:
Ivana Mladenovic, Adrian Schiop, Momir Milosevic
cinematography:
editing:
Vanja Kovacevic
set design:
costume design:
Dana Paparuz
production:
Micro Film, Dunav 84, Nightswim, Boogaloo Films, with the support of Eurimages, Serbian Film Center, Serbian Ministry of Culture, Institut Català de les Empreses Culturals, Romanian Film Center
world sales:
country:
Romania/Serbia/Italy/Spain
year:
2025
film run:
107'
format:
colour
status:
Ready (08/07/2025)
festivals & awards:
If you wish for something hard enough, will the whole universe work in your favour? Stela fell in love with a Balkan musician after seeing him on TV. Determined to meet him, she accepts help from Vera, a glam starlet rumored to be his mistress. Their worlds collide when Vera promises to rescue Stela from her poverty-stricken life by taking her to Bucharest, where she runs a sex products business.
DIRECTOR'S NOTES:
"Primarily, this is an empathetic parody of romantic melodramas. Set on the outskirts of the Balkans during the 2008 crisis, it explores the link between sex and money – if sex can be a substitute for money in a collapsing world."