RYNA
synopsis
16-year-old Ryna is the daughter of a poor Rumanian who runs a gas station in a small community on the Donau. Ryna has been brought up as a boy because her father had longed for a son. Zenide’s film is about strong family ties, about a daughter’s search for her mother, and about a despotic father slowly losing his grip, but 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, Ryna finally pays a high price in order to preserve her identity.
international title: | Ryna |
original title: | Ryna |
country: | Switzerland, Romania |
sales agent: | Navarro Films |
year: | 2004 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Ruxandra Zenide |
film run: | 90' |
screenplay: | Marek Epstein, Ruxandra Zenide |
cast: | Dorotea Petre, Matthieu Rozé |
cinematography by: | Marius Panduru |
film editing: | Jean-Paul Cardinaux, Ioachim Stroe |
art director: | Daniel Raduta |
producer: | Xavier Ruiz |
production: | RTS - Radio Télévision Suisse, Pacific Film Films SA, Elefant Films(CH), Strada Films (RO) |