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Too Close

Romania, Hungary, 85'

Original title: [RO] Apropierea | [HU] Túl közel

Year: 2022

Project type: documentary

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Tagline

When fear becomes the greatest strength

Logline

After a traumatic event in her daughter’s life, a mother fights to heal the scars of the past, in a small community that doesn’t want to comprehend what happened.

Synopsis

Andrea is single-handedly building a safer new life for her two young children, after having put her abusive ex-partner in prison. However, her efforts are constantly challenged by the small, conservative Transylvanian community she lives in. Most villagers openly support her ex-partner and his prestigious clergy family and don’t believe he committed the crime, blaming Andrea and her daughter for fabricating false accusations against him. When the news of the man’s early release breaks, Andrea decides to pick up the fight against the community’s victim-blaming mentality and the malfunctioning Romanian justice system in order to protect her children and to heal the traumas of the past.

DEVELOPED AND PITCHED AT

  • DOK.INCUBATOR 2021 – Finishing Award
  • When East Meets West – Last Stop Trieste 2022 – HBO Europe Award
  • DOK Leipzig Preview / 2021, Germany
  • DOK Leipzig Co-Production Market / 2020, Germany
  • Ex Oriente Film – IDF international training programme 2019-2020 within Jihlava IDFF, East Doc Platform, One World IHRDFF
  • When East Meets West – co-production forum / 2020, Trieste Film Festival
  • Astra Doc Tank industry platform, Astra IFF / 2018, Romania

Social Media

Facebook @tooclosedocumentary Instagram #tooclosedocumentary

International TRAILER

https://www.cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/429045/

A LUNA FILM PRODUCTION IN CO-PRODUCTION WITH SPOT PRODUCTIONS IN ASSOCIATION WITH RTL HUNGARY WITH THE SUPPORT OF CREATIVE EUROPE PROGRAMME – MEDIA OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, INITIATIVE, UPFAR-ARGOA, DOCS UP FUND, AVANPOST MEDIA, PERIPATOS FILM WORLD SALES RISE AND SHINE

Credits

  • Director and DOP: Botond Püsök
  • Editor and co-writer: Brigitta Bacskai
  • Composer: Andor Sperling, David Stephen Grant
  • Sound design: Tamás Bohács
  • Producer: Irina Malcea – Luna Film (Romania)
  • Co-producer: András S. Takács, Eszter Cseke – Spot Productions (Hungary)
  • Production Partner : RTL+

Festivals & Awards

  1. Sarajevo Film Festival / Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2022 – World Premiere
  2. Astra International Film Festival / Romania, 2022 – Best International Documentary, New Voices
  3. Les Films de Cannes à Bucarest/ Romania, 2022
  4. Kasseler Dokfest / Germany, 2022
  5. BIDF Budapest International Documentary Festival / Hungary, 2023 – Audience Award
  6. Fipadoc Int. Documentary Film Festival / France, 2023 – Young Europeans Award
  7. One World Int. Human Rights Documentary Film Festival / Prague, 2023
  8. Paris European Film Festival / France, 2023
  9. One World Romania Int. Human Rights Documentary Film Festival / Romania, 2023
  10. Millenium Docs Against Gravity / Poland, 2023
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