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The Mad Man from the Edge of the World

In a forgotten, archaic village, a lonely and bitter Man wreaks havoc among the few villagers who pass by his house. Never leaving his decrepit yard, he scares passers-by by throwing glass jars at the fence, causing a stir.

One day, this deranged individual is visited by a Witch who seems to know what she is doing: she will do a spell and cure him of his "angry curse". However, she keeps failing and finds herself increasingly powerless, as the jars keep breaking onto the fence, scaring innocents.

Her confidence slowly shatters.
After trying several different spells and incantations, the Witch gives up trying to "cure" the Man with magic.
Maybe that was never the answer, but something much more human.

  • Cristian Dorobanțu-Mereuță
    Director
  • Catinca Dorobanțu-Mereuță
    Writer
  • Cristian Dorobanțu-Mereuță
    Writer
  • Catinca Dorobanțu-Mereuță
    Producer
  • Florina Gleznea
    Key Cast
  • Cezar Antal
    Key Cast
  • Sonia Constantinescu
    Set design & Costume design
  • Anca Miron
    Set design & Costume design
  • Diana Froicu
    Make-up
  • Alexandru Timoșca
    Director of Photography
  • Niki Georgiev
    Editing
  • Cristian Dorobanțu-Mereuță
    Editing
    Medeia - short, 2023
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Omul cel rău de la marginea pământului
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Runtime:
    10 minutes 15 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    February 1, 2023
  • Country of Origin:
    Romania
  • Country of Filming:
    Romania
  • Language:
    Romanian
  • Shooting Format:
    RED 6K
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Cristian Dorobanțu-Mereuță

Cristian Dorobanțu is a filmmaker from Bucharest, Romania. After his Master’s Degree in Architecture he started working as a production assistant and soon after as producer for short films, commercials and music videos with Binome Film, his production company. Concurrently, since 2015, he has been working as VFX Artist and Supervisor, which soon led to his transition as Director.
After attending several Directing and Screenwriting workshops and courses, he started developing his first two shorts, “The Mad Man from the Edge of the World” and “Medeia”, both completed in 2023. He is currently in development with his third short film. He’s interested in exploring magical realism in contemporary settings and has an involuntary tendency to write women-centric stories and screenplays.

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Director Statement

I wanted the audience to imagine it's own sound design and feel the suffocated scream of the woman, in this eerie and timeless world.