Better This Way
Romania2023fiction15'International Short Competition
The Bible under the pillow, a meeting with a clergyman, a stay in a male monastery. Leaving for school in Bucharest – there are more homosexuals there after all? There are so many beautiful girls around, so maybe alcohol is to blame? Adi’s father hears plenty of ‘precious’ advice from his friends and acquaintances. It is impossible to hide a secret in a small community for long. Adi’s real drama takes place not in the doctor’s office where he is examined, not even near waste bins where he was beaten up, but at home, behind closed doors. ‘Better This Way’ is an example of small realism in Romanian cinema, where authors focus on the drama of an individual of non-heteronormative sexual orientation.
- directed by
- Emanuel Pârvu
A Romanian film and theatre actor, director and writer. He was born in Bucuresti, Romania. He graduated at National University of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography in 2006 . He is one of the founders of the first Film Acting Master Studies in Romania at Ovidius University, Constanta. His notable works as director: "Meda Or the Not So Bright Side of Things" (2017), "Mikado" (2021), "Three Kilometres to the End of the World" (TBA 2024). Notable works as actor: "Familiar" (dir. Calin Netzer), "Miracle" (dir. Bogdan George Apetri), "Graduation" (dir. Cristian Mungiu)
- cinematography
- Silviu Stavilă
- script
- Emanuel Pârvu
- cast
- Emanuel Pârvu, Alexandre Noël, Dragoș Olaru Q&A guest, Irina Săulescu, Vlad Corbeanu
- editing
- Ștefan Pârlog
- production
- Miruna Berescu (FAMart Association)
- Photo
