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The plot follows Doru (Pavlu), a widowed lumberjack living in an isolated village, who struggles earning money so that his foster teenage daughter Meda (Radu) is not sent back to the orphanage. It is the full-length debut of Pârvu.
Stephen Dalton Hollywood Reporter Pavlu's prize-winning performance is the key bright spot here. Brooding and haunted, he conveys a stoic air of quiet desperation with minimal fuss.
- Emanuel Pârvu
- Drama
- Serban Pavlu
Aug 22, 2017 · Meda or the Not So Bright Side of Things is a forensically stern close-up portrait of a remote Eastern European backwater where stifling bureaucracy meets routine lawlessness. The curdled old...
Nov 24, 2017 · Meda or The Not So Bright Side of Things. A lumberjack, Doru, whose wife dies leaving the child she was looking after, Meda, at risk of being sent to an orphanage, decides to fight for adoption, against the odds.
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- Drama
- Emanuel Parvu
- 2017-11-24
A lumberjack, Doru, whose wife dies leaving the child she was looking after, Meda, at risk of being sent to an orphanage, decides to fight for adoption, against the odds.
- Emanuel Pârvu
- 4
Aug 17, 2017 · At home his adopted teenage daughter Meda is waiting for him (Ana Radu) and the day after he returns he is visited by the local police who tell him that the tax authorities have sent a notice regarding a payment that has been outstanding for three years, plus interest. As Meda's legal guardian was Doru's wife, Doru cannot take custody of his ...
Watch Meda or The Not So Bright Side of Things | Netflix. A grieving lumberjack fights to retain custody of his adopted daughter but his financial woes push him to consider an unlawful scheme. Watch trailers & learn more.
