The Windseeker/ Cautatorul de vant (2020)

Radu lives a solitary, sterile life. A promising job interview seems to give him a chance of breaking free from depression, but after some medical tests required by the company, he finds out that he only has a few more months left to live. He leaves the city and after weeks of driving, exhausted, he stops in the middle of a village. An old man, Nea Pavel, takes him in and so he decides to stay in this village. Radu almost begins a new life, forgetting about death, enjoying a simple life and living in the moment. When he realizes that he and Ana, one of Mr. Pavel’s nieces, have fallen in love, he freaks and remembers his imminent ending. He decides to run again. Radu ends up in Bulgaria where he unsuccessfully tries to drown himself. A fisherman finds him and Radu confesses everything. Although they speak different languages, they seems to understand each other. Radu crosses the Danube River back, for the first time with meaning. He’s alive.