Cast

Sergiu Costache Adrian Titieni Karen Wallet Clara Voda Roberto Bors Vlad Voda

Credits

Written by: Adrian Sitaru
Music: Cornel Ilie
Produced by: Virginia Constantinescu

Plot

A beautiful Western woman asks a Gypsy to watch her four-year-old child while she is taught how to swim by a flirtatious married man, before she disappears into the sea.

Sinekatalog’s take

A tense, ambiguous short about a mother who leaves her child with a stranger while she swims with a flirtatious man. It trades on class and prejudice, and leaves a lingering chill that sticks with you.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

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Awards

• Sarajevo Film Festival 2007: Best Film (Heart of Sarajevo)

Ratings

IMDb: 7.0 / 10 (206 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.

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