Summaries

In a small community in the Danube Delta that wavers between old traditions and new material aspirations, a teenager, Ryna, pays a heavy price in a search of her own identity.

16 year old Ryna is the daughter of a poor Romanian who runs a gas station in a small community in the Danube delta. Ryna has been brought up like a boy because her father had longed for a son. The film is about strong family ties, about gender identity, and about a despotic father slowly losing his grip. But, it is also about poverty, social suppression and the abuse of power. Ryna shows the awakening of a young girl's soul and the pain that goes with it. Caught between traditional values and materialistic dreams, in the end Ryna pays a heavy price in order to assert her own identity.—Elena Hazanov

Details

Keywords
  • teenage girl
  • father daughter relationship
  • teenager
  • short haired female
  • girl raised as boy
Genres
  • Drama
Release date Nov 23, 2006
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Not Rated
Countries of origin Switzerland Romania
Language French Romanian
Filming locations Danube Delta, Romania
Production companies Elefant Films Navarro Films Pacific Films

Box office

Budget $1000000
Gross worldwide $4952

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 34m
Color Color
Sound mix Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio 2.35 : 1

Synopsis

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