Off the Beaten Track
Ireland, Romania, 2011, 87 min, 35 mm, Creative, Culture, Environmental, Social Issues
The film chronicles one year in the life of Albin and his family of shepherds in the North of Transylvania. In direct cinema style, this documentary follows their day to day routines, and their struggle to adapt to a new world where traditions are gradually replaced by modern values. Since joining the EU, Romania has been facing, like several other Eastern European countries, the pressure of modern values, introducing in farmer's lives the cruel notion of competition, the temptation of migrating to the higher salaries abroad, and the marginalisation of locally produced food against industrial products.
Director:
Dieter Auner
Producer:
Siun Ni Raghallaigh, Dieter Auner, Cristian Mungiu
Screenplay:
Dieter Auner
Director of photography:
Nora Agapi
Editor:
Catalin Cristutiu, Roxana Malaroiu, Alex Radu
Music:
Eugen Nucu Pandrea
World Sales:
Miriam Kienberger
Languages:
Romanian
Subtitles:
English
Ikandi Productions
53 Gleann Na Coille
Galway, Ireland
Mobra Films
Intrarea Serdarului, 5
Bucharest, Romania
EastWest Filmdistribution
Schottenfeldgasse 14
1070 Vienna, Austria