A HIGHER LAW

BALAUR

By Octav CHELARU

DEFILM (DE FILM PRODUCTION SRL) - as PROD

Social issues - Completed 2021

Ecaterina, a high school Religion teacher and wife of the town priest, gets involved with Iuliu, an audacious 16-year-old pupil of hers. He starts confessing to the priest.

Festivals
& Awards

Thessaloniki IFF 2021
Int'l Film Fest. Of india, Goa 2021
Transilvania International Film Festival 2022
Gent IFF 2022
Kerala IFF 2022
    • Year of production
    • 2021
    • Genres
    • Social issues, Drama
    • Countries
    • ROMANIA, GERMANY, SERBIA
    • Languages
    • ROMANIAN
    • Duration
    • 123 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Octav CHELARU
    • Writer(s)
    • Octav CHELARU
    • Producer(s)
    • Radu STANCU (DEFILM (DE FILM PRODUCTION SRL)), Livia RADULESCU (DEFILM (DE FILM PRODUCTION SRL)), Christoph KUKULA (42FILM GMBH), Eike GORECZKA (42FILM GMBH), Maja POPOVIC (EED Productions)
    • Synopsis
    • Ecaterina, a high school Religion teacher and wife of the town priest, gets involved with Iuliu, a 16-year-old student with a troubled past. Ecaterina tries to keep him under control, but she loses her own control in the process. As Ecaterina faces a genuine crisis of faith, Iuliu’s infatuation turns increasingly dangerous when he takes his sins to the priest, her husband.