MERMAN
by Ana Lungu
synopsis
A female voice is haunting a male gaze. An archival documentary about three men making images of women, in Romania, from WW II until the Revolution: an engineer filming his daughter, a music professor documenting his family and an aristocrat capturing the summer spent with his wife during wartime. These stories are linked and told by a questioning female narrator whose obsession with the figure of Alexandru P. gets out of hand. Through an obsessive portrait of an obsessive person, the film paints a picture of a country in the era of totalitarianism and the everyday gestures of escaping it.
international title: | Merman |
original title: | Triton |
country: | Romania |
year: | 2025 |
genre: | documentary |
directed by: | Ana Lungu |
film run: | 85' |
screenplay: | Dane Komljen, Ana Lungu |
film editing: | Dane Komljen |
producer: | Ana Lungu, Adrian Sitaru |
executive producer: | Ioana Draghici, Irena Isbășescu |
production: | 4 Proof Film, Microscop Film |