Italy / Aug 28, 2025 / Venice Film Festival
1h 44min
Overall average
5.0/10
Trailer
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Plot
Romania, 1989. The twilight of Nicolae Ceaușescu’s dictatorship. In a small, isolated town, Maria, a ten-year-old girl, is the last person to witness her sister disappearing before her eyes. Torn apart by the loss, she tries to make sense of a new, terrifying reality. Can she summon the courage to grow up?
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Maia Victoria Boboc | Simona |
| Albert Ciuta | Nasta |
| Ada Lupu | Photographer |
| Catalin Filip | Stranger |
| Tudor Morar | Militiaman |
| Mihaela Rădescu | Teacher |
| Luca David Caravan | Filip |
| Ingrid Maria Tirintica | Florentina |
Genres
Drama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Dinti de lapte |
| Original language | Română (RO) |
| Spoken languages | Română |
| Production countries | Romania, France, Denmark, Greece, Bulgaria |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Ström Pictures, StudioBauhaus, Screening Emotions, deFilm, Remora Films |
| Release date | 28 agosto 2025 |
| Production | Radu Stancu, Ioana Lascăr, Cyriac Auriol, Monica Hellstrøm, Konstantinos Vassilaros, Poli Angelova, Nikolay Todorov, Carmen Rizac, Vlad Radulescu, Orfeas Peretzis, Rémi Burah, Olivier Père, Mikuláš Novotný, Adrian Moroca |
| Writer | Mihai Mincan |
| Casting | Florentina Bratfanof |
| Editing | Dragoș Apetri |
| Cinematography | George Chiper-Lillemark |
| Assistant directors | Mihai Mincan |
| Camera operators | George Chiper-Lillemark |
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| Additional photography | George Chiper-Lillemark |
| Production design | Anamaria Țecu |
| Art direction | Anamaria Țecu |
| Set decoration | Anamaria Țecu |
| Music | Marius Leftărache, Nicolas Becker, Cyril Holtz, Benjamin Laurent, Ange Hubert, Frédéric Dabo |
| Sound | Marius Leftărache, Nicolas Becker, Cyril Holtz, Benjamin Laurent, Ange Hubert, Frédéric Dabo |
| Costume design | Dana Păpăruz, Dimitra Fafaliou, Sotiris Paterakis |
| Makeup | Dimitra Fafaliou, Dana Păpăruz, Sotiris Paterakis |
| Hairstyling | Dana Păpăruz, Dimitra Fafaliou, Sotiris Paterakis |
Release dates
Premiere
Canada / Sep 04, 2025 / Toronto International Film Festival
Thailand / Oct 04, 2025 / Bangkok International Film Festival
United States / May 02, 2026 / San Francisco International Film Festival
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