Lari Giorgescu

Video poem based on The Last Dragon by Radu Stanca.

A story of transformation and hope in a time of turmoil and terror

A story of absolute survival: when the struggle for life turns into thirst for power and becomes tyranny. The film shows the unlikely path followed by the young Nicolae Ceaușescu, supported by his life partner Elena, from an apprenticeship in a shoemaker to the head of a political regime criminal.

While working on an in memoriam piece for a dead colleague, a famous news reporter loses track of the TV story and becomes part of a father-daughter relationship with the teenager left behind.