Ana, mon amour

Ana and Toma meet at university and quickly fall passionately in love. However, Ana's progressive mental illness casts a shadow on their relationship. Like in his Golden Bear-winning Child's Pose, Calin Peter Netzerplaces this intimate history within a broader commentary on Romanian society. In Ana, Mon Amour, an adaptation of Cezar Paul-Badescu's acclaimed novel, the purity of youthful feelings comes face to face with the cynicism of the older generation and institutions such as the Orthodox Church. The multilayered storyline is accompanied by a fittingly elaborate structure. Relying heaving on psychoanalysis, Ana, Mon Amour takes onthe form of a therapy session. The narrative is based not so much on sequences of cause and effect, but rather on the logic of associations and emotions. As a result, scenes depicting the main characters' increasingly toxic relationship are interwoven with snapshots of its euphoric beginnings, and an atmosphere of melancholy dominates the film.