The Storyville season continues with this poignant film following the fortunes of Gigi and his pregnant girlfriend Monica in post-communist Romania.
The couple are first seen as teenagers living rough in a Bucharest railway station.
Monica wants to keep her baby but the Romanian authorities insist she is too young. The film follows the pair overtwo years as they struggle to survive and adaptto life as new parents. In Romanian with English subtitles. Directors YasminaAbdehaoui,
Benoit Dervaux ; Series editor Nick Fraser
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