Private Project

40+

It’s Adina’s Birthday and no one, except Matei, her very charming assistant doesn’t bother to make a big deal of it.

Even though she seems to have all - nice family, good career, Adina can’t avoid noticing that there is something missing in her life, that there is some sort of loneliness that she doesn’t necessarily enjoy, that there are some unsaid “what ifs” well hidden behind what’s said. Now that she’s over her 40s she can’t stop wondering if there might have been some decisions that she could make differently.

But today, on her Birthday, a small incident gets her the opportunity to check that unsaid “what if”.

  • Cristina Iliescu
    Director
  • Cristina Iliescu
    Writer
  • Cristina Iliescu
    Producer
    Porsena
  • Ela Ionescu
    Key Cast
    "Adina"
  • Bogdan Albulescu
    Key Cast
    "Husband"
  • Vlad Galer
    Key Cast
    "Matei"
  • Ana Maria Guran
    Key Cast
    "Oana"
  • Sophia Lopotaru
    Key Cast
    "Sara"
  • Luca Ungureanu
    Key Cast
    "Luca"
  • Radu Lopotaru
    Director of Photography
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    13 minutes 44 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    September 4, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    30,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Romania
  • Country of Filming:
    Romania
  • Language:
    Romanian
  • Shooting Format:
    Arri Alexa 2k
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Distribution Information
  • PORSENA
    Country: Romania
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Cristina Iliescu

Director/ Producer
Based in Bucharest, Romania. Cristina Iliescu studied film directing at the Media University and graduated in 2001.
Since then, she trained herself to be a professional into making movies on sets of more than 40 films, being Assistant Director
She attended the Midpoint Central European Script Center Workshop where she won the Best Short Film Project 2010.
She has written, directed and produced short films such as “Not today” (2014),, “A second of hate” (2004), “Homo homini” (2002), “Beyond the river” (1999) which were selected to participate to film festivals such as Cottbus, Anonimul, Cinema Iubit, Brussels International Film Festival, NexT Film Festival.
She also created educational materials such as “Time Experiment” (2011), “Iv cel Naiv Practical writing classes” (2018) and in 2017 she documented UNICEF activities in Romania

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