SYNOPSIS
Early 2000’s. Christian is a university student who is preparing his dissertation, while spending his holidays in the South of Italy. Here, he meets Erion, an Albanian origins boy, and the two begin dating secretly. Summer is passing fast and carefree; however, during an excursion in a nature reserve a few kilometers far from crowded beaches and chaos, Erion finally finds the courage to reveal Christian something unexpected.
DIRECTOR
Born in Bucharest in 1994, in 2016 Marius Gabriel Stancu moved to Italy, where, in 2018, began collaborating with the international sales agency The Open Reel. He wrote several subjects, one of which became later the screenplay for a short he also directed in 2020: It’s Just in My Head. Selected at almost 50 international film festivals, the short was also distributed in DVD and VOD in several territories. Marius’ second short film, entitled The Anniversary, premiered at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival in November 2022 and, a few days later, at the Torino International Film Festival. His third short film, shot in 2025, is entitled Erion.
