Clara backdrop

Clara 2024 Directed by Sabin Dorohoi

The river will always lead you home

Set on the background of economical migration, the film tells the story of Clara, a divorced Romanian mother in her thirties who needs to work abroad in Ulm, a German Town by the Danube river. She is as a babysitter for a little girl that is very fond of. At the same time, she had to leave behind her own 12 years old son who is now in the care of his grandfather. They live in a poor Romanian village also by the Danube river. Feeling abandoned by his mother, the boy runs away from home in an attempt to reach his mother by traveling on a small boat upriver. In this context, Clara has to come back home and face the life she left behind.

Country Romania
Production Countries Germany , Romania
Language Romanian
Spoken Languages German , Romanian
Release Date 11 October 2024
80 mins
Cast
Luca Puia Ionut
Elina Leitl Johanna
David Rott Markus
Claudia Ieremia Maria Tudose social assistant
Ana Maria Cojocaru Magda school principal
Ileana Caprariu School Inspector
Flavian Costescu Police Officer
Paula Maria Frunzetti Mourning Woman
Dan Mirea Bus Driver
Mia Tepeneu Bogdan's Daughter
Nori Tepeneu Bogdan's Wife
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