A family adjusts to a new life in Acasa, My Home, a documentary from first-time director Radu Ciorniciuc.
The Bucharest delta is a natural haven within the bustling city. Or it’s a trap. Or it’s simply a park, and everything we ascribe to it is our own creation. Undoubtedly all of these possibilities will come up in Acasa, My Home, which follows a family that lived in the delta for 20 years. They made a makeshift shelter, collected and hunted their own food, and children were born and raised there. Their lives were entirely unlike those of the people living in the city that surrounded them, so when the government swooped in and forced them to leave, the culture shock was jarring.
Ciorniciuc certainly found a unique scenario to document, a clash of nature and modernity as seen through the eyes of this large family. Some know the world they re-enter while others are experiencing it for the first time, the breadth of their perspectives almost certain to bring about a variety of different reactions.
Filmmaking may be new to Ciorniciuc, but his work as a writer and investigative journalist means he knows how to spin a story from occurrences like these. Having racked up quite a few awards during its festival run, Acasa, My Home just might be a documentary worth seeking out.
Acasa, My Home is directed by Radu Ciorniciuc. It will be released in the US on January 15th, 2021. Further release dates are not currently known.
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