Clara

Story

Synopsis

Set on the background of economical migration, the film tells the story of Clara, a divorced Romanian mother in her thirties who needs to work abroad in Ulm, a German Town by the Danube river. She is as a babysitter for a little girl that is very fond of. At the same time, she had to leave behind her own 12 years old son who is now in the care of his grandfather. They live in a poor Romanian village also by the Danube river. Feeling abandoned by his mother, the boy runs away from home in an attempt to reach his mother by traveling on a small boat upriver. In this context, Clara has to come back home and face the life she left behind.

Director

Sabin Dorohoi

Writers

Ruxandra Ghițescu

Language

Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan

Country

Germany, Romania

Release date

11 October 2024

Ensemble

Cast

• Olga Torok

  Clara

• Luca Puia

  Ionut

• 

  Ovidiu Crișan

  Nicolae

• Elina Leitl

  Johanna

• 

  David Rott

  Markus

• 

  Mădălina Ghițescu

  Lenuta

• 

  Claudia Ieremia

  Maria Tudose social assistant

• Ana Maria Cojocaru

  Magda school principal

• Ileana Caprariu

  School Inspector

• Ioan Cordea

  Fane

• Flavian Costescu

  Police Officer

• Paula Maria Frunzetti

  Mourning Woman