"Clara"
Romanian social family immigrant drama "Clara" by newcomer Sabin Dorohoi, is nominated in several categories at the 19th Gopo Awards - National Romanian film awards, including Best Debut Film, Best Screenplay, Best Leading Actress, Best Original Music, Best Production Design and Best Costumes.
The film start by Olga Török, Ovidiu Crișan, Luca Puia, Elina Leitl, is produced by Western Transylvania Studios; Eyrie Entertainment; Chainsaw Europe Studio; and ZDF in collaboration with ARTE and Antipode Sales & Distribution handles the global sales.
The story focuses on young Romanian woman has left her home in a small fishing village by the Danube and her 12-year-old son to earn money as a live-in nanny in Germany. When one day her son goes missing, she returns back home. Confronted with the live she has left behind she has to face her failure as a mother in her attempt to become a reliable parent.
Sabin Dorohoi commented: "In the last 15 years, more than 5 million Romanians have left the country and abandoned more than 300.000 children that are raised by their grandparents. Labor force migration and children that are left behind is a real problem in many countries: Ukraine, Mexico, Spain, Portugal, Poland and even Russia. Financial Times publication considers that the Romanian migration is the third largest in the world, after the war refugees from Ukraine and Syria. So, the theme has a very powerful international appeal, because people from so many countries in the world can relate directly to this social issue," he said. "The film presents this migration topic through the eyes of a mother who has to face her failure in relation to her underaged son while still hoping to get a better shot at proofing her motherhood in the close relation she has with the child she babysits in Germany. Her conflict is that she loves two children in two different countries. The story is also very personal. Moreover, the film is shot in the house I grew up. So, it can’t get more personal than this."