INK WASH

Discovery selection, Toronto 2024

Original language: Romanian, English

Subtitles: English, Romanian

Directed by: Sarra Tsorakidis

Country: Romania, Greece, Denmark

Year of production: 2024

Length: 90 minutes

Genre: drama

Lena, a painter who earns her money by creating mural artwork, is in a very vulnerable place in her life. She's turning 40 and is single again after spending years in a relationship that has just ended. Disillusioned and heartbroken, Lena takes refuge in her work, painting the walls of a brutalist hotel surrounded by forests in South-Western Romania. Isolated in the midst of nature, Lena is forced to discover her inner strength and moral values in a country overwhelmed by corruption.

Credits

Sarra Tsorakidis – Director

Sarra Tsorakidis, Ilinca Hărnuț – Script

Radu Voinea – Cinematography

Smaro Papaevagelou – Editing

Alin Zăbrăuţeanu – Sound

Casting

Ilinca Hărnuț

Kenneth M. Christensen

Radouan Leflahi

Maria Popistașu

Ana Ularu

Rolando Matsangos

Mircea Postelnicu

Joachim Umlauf