Canton

2005 | Color | 30 min

Two railroad workers live in a cabin in the middle of nowhere. There is not much to do and the days are pretty much the same. One night a stranger has an accident, an incident that will change their lives forever.

Country: Rumania
Direction: Popescu; Constantin
Script: Mungiu; Cristian
Photography: Malaimare; Mihai
Sound: Bogos; Mihai
Cast:Constantin; Mihai, Marcu; Alina, Nicolae; Petre, Ungureanu; Nicodim, Gyuri Pascu; Ioan
Participation year at FICM: 2009

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