The Gheorghius, a devout Romanian-Norwegian couple, resettle in an idyllic village set in a distant fjord, where they become close to their neighbours, the Halbergs. Despite their different education their children immediately bond. When adolescent Elia Gheorghiu shows up at school with some bruises, the community suspects their parents have something to do with it...
“A brilliantly knotted social drama.”
– Variety
“Confirms Mungiu as one of contemporary cinema’s sharpest moral observers.”
– The Irish Times