original title:
Catane
directed by:
cast:
Costel Cascaval, Iulia Lumanare, Cristian Bota, Mihai Malaimare, Mihai Dinvale, Nelu Serghei, Corneliu Ulici, Flavia Hojda, Pavel Ulici, Liana Margineanu, Ioana Abur
screenplay:
cinematography:
George Dascalescu
editing:
Ciprian Cimpoi
set design:
Cristina Barbu
music:
producer:
production:
Studioset, Storyscapes, Mammut Film, with the support of Eurimages
distribution:
world sales:
country:
Romania/Italy
year:
2025
film run:
96'
format:
colour
status:
In post-production (30/11/2023)
After investigations, a small village in the Romanian countryside appears to have an unprecedented number of residents receiving financial aid for disabilities. Social services dispatches a team of inspectors to investigate.
Upon arrival, they discover what seems like a fairytale village, where every inhabitant seems to have a unique disability, yet everyone is striving to make ends meet. Moved by the resilience of the villagers, the inspectors rally the Presidential Bureau to increase aid to the village. However, upon returning to retrieve missing paperwork,
they uncover a very different reality.