Ryna Synopsis:
Year: 2005
Duration: 1 h 34 min
Genre: Drama
Director: Ruxandra Zenide
Writer: Marek Epstein, Ruxandra Zenide
Cast: Dorotheea Petre, Valentin Popescu, Matthieu Rozé, Nicolae Praida
16 year old Ryna is the daughter of a poor Romanian who runs a gas station in a small community in the Danube delta. Ryna has been brought up like a boy because her father had longed for a son. The film is about strong family ties, about a daughter's search for her mother, and about a despotic father slowly losing his grip. But, it is also about poverty, social suppression and the abuse of power by those who rule under the guise of a false freedom. Ryna shows the awakening of a young girl's soul and the pain that goes with it. Caught between traditional values and materialistic dreams, in the end Ryna pays a heavy price in order to preserve her identity.