Sigitian Stan is difficult to imagine fighting for any part of Hollywood.
The Academy Award candidate has proven to be banking in the high -end -of -Hindi islands such as the “trainee” and “a different man” because at the high commercial fare like his continuous role such as Marvel’s Bucky Barnes (the following appears in “Thunderbolts”).
But return to the cinematic homeland, which he abandoned during his career. Stan was born in Constant, Romania, trying to find a way to restore his daily function to his country and his field and highlight talents in the region. Stan said diverse This was looking for the correct Roman scenario to work for the best part of 15 years. Now, he found a way to act behind the camera as a producer on the “River’s Look”, a Roman drama from director André Burton.
It is a story close to his own upbringing, says Stan. His only mother, Georgeta, raised him through multiple countries while she was visiting her artistic and academic path. Burton, whose work is a mixture of anthropology and visual art, sent successful shorts to festivals such as the Cannes Festival (where she presented her cooperation with Stan to include her this year).
The “River’s Look” tells the story of Lavinia, who is a single mother herself often, often picks up the aspirations of a better life for her 14 -year -old son his urgent emotional needs at the present time. I was told for four seasons in rural Romania, and Stan and Porton caught up diverse To discuss the technical trip to the house.
Sebastian, how did you attach to this project?
Sebastian Stan: This came from many conversations that I had with her over the years about my desire to be more creative in Romania. A joint friend, whom we admire and respect, spoke about Andrea and sent her short to me, who went to the Cannes Festival. It exploded immediately. I wanted to act in a Roman movie for a very long time. I tried and did not happen, but I realized that I could also help behind the camera. Andrea’s scenario spoke to me personally. In the center, this very specific and intimate relationship between the mother and her son in Romania is under certain circumstances, which I feel that it does not always reflect much in the rest of the world. I had my own trip with my mother growing there and leaving the country. I felt that there were things on this topic that was real for me, and that was great, because he did not motivate me except to want to participate in helping her to formulate this vision.
Andrea, what do you say is the cinematic language for Romania?
Andrea Bortun: Frankly, I don’t know if it is still a unique patriotic voice time. What Roman cinema needs is – like all the world’s cinema needs – are an active actress stories that appear to people who do not see in general. Characters that are not only compatible with a feeling of contentment.
SS: Andrea has a new perspective for women outside the country, which she feels new to me. We finally got a woman who has what he says about the experience there.
There is something about the aesthetic that you feel bored in time. It was surprising to me to see the young male personality with a mobile phone in some scenes.
AB: This is a very interesting note from a foreign eye. It will be deceived to say that the procedure has occurred 20-30 years ago. At the same time, it is a mixture of what the people who went outside with them brought with them. (Nowadays) Romania is an interesting creature, which is part of Europe that has the history of immigration.
Talk to me about the dynamics of the mother in the middle of the movie.
AB: Our main personality Lavinia is our hero, in the tragic sense of that word. It is a rush, and it is very turbulent and sometimes not consecutive. She wants to be a good mother for her 14 -year -old son. She does not know well how to love, because we learn what we have. She dreams of a better life for two under the Bluer sky. For this part of the world, the blue sky thought is the West. You move to a corrosive house and want to make it something that will continue and remember.
Her son in an era where children need their mothers more than ever, this threshold before they flee the nest. She is not aware of this, and love for her means doing something meaningful with this house. Despite her efforts to achieve the best of her power, there is a deepening of rupture between her and her son.
SS: You can try what this woman goes through in terms of trying to communicate with her son and not to abandon who she is. There is someone who takes care of him and she should do it alone. It begins to know the extent of our privilege in the dynamics of our family in the West. This person should be supernatural dealing with these things without emotional resources or tools. In my humble opinion, this film explores femininity and to what extent it can extend.
It seems that the society around it is not high.
AB: It has an interesting relationship with society. She believes that she is completely different from others. It is a fighter. You will go up a mountain to get what you want. Those around her do not like it, because they can be rioters. She has a longing to separate herself from this society, but she does not realize that she is its product. Somehow, this film helped me make peace with the world from which I came from. I lived in rural southern Romania, and after childhood, she escaped to study abroad. The idea of this movie came to me while I was in New York. I used to see films of the 1960s and thought, “Wow, why do people not make films about these types of women from Romania?” Like Italian women, strong in Anthony. I went back and spent three weeks in the search in villages. I no longer want to be afraid of this world anymore. There was a feeling inside me, something I did not accept, but I am part of that. The Nidal Lavinia is also mine.
Sebastian, have you involved your mother in this process?
SS: No, but I watched the movie. It was interesting to share this with her. There are some moments that only people who opposed this type of things can understand. My mom witnessed many difficult facts after the revolution. Part of it understand the main personality conflicts. It also made me very small. People have older children now, and we have more time in the West to classify ourselves. Many people do not have this opportunity. They are still trying to know who they are. Andrea caught this for me in a very authentic way.
