Milk Teeth
With deftly nuanced performances and atmospheric cinematography, this riveting drama unfolds as a story of innocence lost when young Maria’s sister goes missing without a trace.
Description
Maria’s older sister Alina vanishes without a trace, last seen by Maria cutting through the schoolyard to take out the trash. That image haunts her as Alina remains missing and everyone from their parents to the local authorities question *Maria* about her sibling’s last known movements. Set on the cusp of a new era in 1980s Romania, Mihai Mincan’s drama is less concerned with the facts surrounding the disappearance than of the emotional toll it takes. With brilliant performances and dreamlike imagery, the narrative interrogates how the sudden loss of Alina disrupts the fabric of the lives of her family and community. As Maria sets out on a mission to find her sister, a tale unfolds of the slow loss of innocence and the inability to go home again. —Amber Love
Biographies
Mihai Mincan is a native of Bucharest, Romania, who began his career working as a journalist. He co-directed the documentaries Bondoc (2015), Emigrant Blues: A Road Movie in 2 1/2 Chapters (2019), and The Man Who Would Be Free (2019). He made his narrative debut with To The North (2022). Milk Teeth is his second narrative feature.
