To the sky

and never back

Pana la cer si dincolo de el

(2024)

Tudor's home is halted by the split between his parents when he is just ten years old. The changing nature of family dynamics is depicted through his eyes, as we discover his young maturation: from a child who enjoys age-specific activities to a child spectator to family disputes. As a result, Tudor represents an entire generation, Generation Z, which is frequently pressured to participate in the process of parents' separation. 

The beginning of the child's evolution is age-specific; he appreciates time spent with family, a cozy environment, a passion for photography, and playing games with his parents. However, disagreements between the parents over the father's more significant and hard-to-ignore absence occur over the peaceful landscape of the modern and functional household. Tudor senses this shortcoming, and the mother attempts to mediate the two's relationship. The little one witnesses the parents' frequent arguments from the shadows.

When Tudor begins to feel his parents' strain, he tries to bring his family back together through games. LEGO and Monopoly are the activities that give a sense of wholeness, of belonging, of stability.

The father has a conversation with Tudor, explaining emphatically that the parents' relationship is no longer working. After the father decides to leave the two of them, Tudor is left with the consequences of his parent’s separation: a half-furnished house, a half of a family, with only hints and glimpses of what it once meant to be part of a whole family.

Trailer To the sky and never back

Cast

Sasha Cuptor

Raluca Aprodu

Bogdan Farcas

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