Cinematography
Dreamy Romanian countryside that makes you want to run away.
Acting
Rodica Mandache's exasperated mom energy is perfection.
Director
Cornel Diaconu
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during the final years of Communist Romania, this captures a rural childhood largely erased by modernization. The fox itself became a minor national icon.
Director Cornel Diaconu allegedly used a semi-tame fox from a Bucharest zoo; it kept escaping and delaying shoots by weeks. The chaos made the final cut.
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