WRITTEN/UNWRITTEN

Synopsis

Outside a maternity ward, a Roma family is announced their underage daughter has just had a baby girl. Pardică (50) doesn’t seem to celebrate the moment; he is very displeased with this early pregnancy, for which he blames his wife. However, things become even tenser when a hospital employee asks them to sign some papers and discovers issues related to their IDs and their status as parents of the underage new mother. The imminent danger of state authorities separating them from their daughter determines Pardică to take action.

Director Biography

Adrian Silisteanu was born in Bacau, Romania, in March 5th, 1975 and he graduated Cinematography in Bucharest. Studying also the Digital Cinematography at National Audiovisual Institute in Paris, he worked for a short period as Digital Imaging Technician. Romanian Director Adrian Sitaru’s film debut “Hooked” was also Silisteanu’s first film as Director of Photography.