original title:
Valentin - Figlio d'Europa
directed by:
screenplay:
Antonio Martino, Phil Jandaly
cinematography:
editing:
producer:
Valeria Correale, Olivier Rausin, Caroline Houben, Segolene Fossard
production:
Fuoricampo, Climax Films, supported by Ministero della Cultura, Rai 3- Doc 3, Decoupages, with the support of Regione Emilia Romagna, RTBF, France Télévisions
country:
Italy / France / Belgium
year:
2019
format:
colour
status:
Ready (05/04/2019)
When Valentin, a young Romanian street kid, is adopted by a European couple, he’s saved from a life of poverty and drug abuse. But the man he becomes is an outsider in his adopted land; a “Roma” boy with no fixed identity. When he stumbles on a documentary he starred in as a kid, it sets him on a course back to Bucharest on a journey of self-discovery that will define him as a father and a son, and explore whether we can escape who we are.