Constantin di Bessarabia

A young man born in Moldova, but grown up in Italy decides to go back to his home country to find out about his identity. After many years, he finds a different country where he will have to integrate.
Constantin is a Moldovan film director grown up in Rome who is about to get married. He decides to go back to his home country after many years to discover his cultural roots, from which his family keeps distance. He find a country that after thirty years of Independence from URSS had to fight to defend its autonomy and cultural identity and now it has to face the expanding of the Ukraine war. Constantin understand that he is not part of those historical events. The fact the he was born in Moldova is not enough to be considered and to feel a real Moldovan. He will have to choose if to stay there to understand more about the culture and to integrate, or to go back to Italy, where to start a family and to accept his nomad status.
MAIN CREDITS:
Written and Directed by Constantin Rusu
Produced by Constantin Rusu and Mircea Surdu
Co-produced by TeleFilm Chișinău
Executive Producer: Leonid Melnic and Constantin Rusu
Cinematographer: Tomas Rigoni
Camera Operators: Tomas Rigoni and Francesco Giorgi
1st Assistant Director: Tomas Rigoni
Director Assistants: Lucia Tăut and Vincenza Passarelli Volpe
Editing: Constantin Rusu and Alberto Di Cola
Color Correction and VFX: Tomas Rigoni
Archive Footage Research: Mircea Surdu and Leonid Melnic
Credits Music Track by Moonari
ORIGINAL MUSIC, SOUND DESIGN,
AUDIO MIX AND AUDIO POSTPRODUCTION:
Damiano Petrucci (aka Losing Truth)
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AWARDS & SELECTIONS
World Premiere - October 04 2024 - Odeon Cinema - Chişinău, Republic of Moldova
"Official Selection"
Lo Spiraglio Film Festival - April 13 2025 - Museo MAXXI - Roma, Italy
"Audience Award"
AmiCorti IFF - June 25 2025 - Roccaraso, Italy
"Official Selection"






