A Cautionary Tale

Astra Film Festival

Title: Cum să fiu mort, dacă-s viu?
Director: Ilinca Călugăreanu
Cast: Anamaria Antoci, Mara Adina, Ilinca Călugăreanu, Ilinca Călugăreanu, Ruben De Gheselle, Tangaj Production, Vernon Films, Jonathan Stanners, Jaques Pedersen
Duration: 1h 19m
Country: Romania, Marea Britanie
Year: 2023

What is it like to wake up one day and be declared dead by the state? Despite being alive, Constantin Reliu becomes invisible to the administrative system, and the director becomes witness to a lonely and agonizing battle against a Kafkaesque system.