Section: Zilele Filmului Românesc
Title: Scara
Director: Vlad Paunescu
Cast: Eduard Trifa, Ana-Maria Guran, Ioana Craciunescu, Valentin Teodosiu, Horatiu Malaele, Dragoş Galgoţiu, Magda Catone, Alin Panc, Toma Cuzin
Duration: 2h 17m
Country: Romania
Based on true events, The Ladder follows the spiritual journey of Andrei, a sensitive, socially awkward young man who turns to acting in his search for true happiness. After the fall of communism, he is blinded by the illusion of freedom and democracy and faces a series of brutal events that have deeply marked Romania’s recent history. Finding comfort in playing the part of Alioşa in a stage adaptation of The Karamazov Brothers, he becomes closer and closer to his character, gradually discovering the way to understanding divinity.