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One Step Behind the Seraphim
Directed by DANIEL SANDU

Status : Completed

Country : Romania

Originale Title : Un Pas In Urma Serafimilor

Year : 2016

Language :Romanian

Domestic Release :

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 147 min

Synopsis

Romania, nowadays


Gabriel is a 15-year-old teen, who wants to become a priest, he is thereby admitted to an Orthodox College.

Trying to fit in first but finally realizing the system is totally corrupted and abusive, he is rapidly with 3 other classmates labelled as rebel students by the school board. Caught in the fight for power between an incorruptible but abusive priest and a cunning, crooked and unscrupulous secular teacher, the students learn that lying, stealing, cheating, gambling and betraying are things they have to master in order to survive in the seminary.


Who will graduate and become a priest? What kind of priests will they make after spending several years in this system?

DIRECTOR

DANIEL SANDU

CAST & CREW

CAST
Stefan Iancu (Tales From The Golden Age - Un Certain Regard 2009)
Vlad Ivanov (Toni Erdmann, Snowpiercer, 4 Months, 3 Weeks And 2 Days - Palme d’Or Cannes 2007)

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
George Dascalescu (If I Want To Whistle, I Whistle, 12:08 East Of Budapest - Golden Camera 2006)

EDITOR
Cristian Nicolescu (The Way I Spent The End Of The World - Un Certain Regard 2006)

SOUND
Mirel Cristea (12:08 East Of Budapest - Golden Camera 2006)

PRODUCER
Ada Solomon (Child’s Pose - FIPRESCI Award Berlinale 2013, Aferim! - Silver Berlin Bear Award 2015, Toni Erdmann - FIPRESCI Award & Official Selection Cannes 2016)