A study of the human longing for contact, with one woman and two men fighting solitude and searching for intimacy, Touch Me Not/Nu mă atinge-mă started development in 2010. The main cast includes German actors Hermann Mueller and Dirk Lange, French actress Laura Benson and Romanian actor Ioan Andrei Ionescu. Shooting will take place in Romania and Germany and will last mid-November 2015.
Although they share the same last name, Adina Pintilie is not related to the renowned Romanian director Lucian Pintilie.
The film is produced by Monica Lăzurean-Gorgan through Romania’s 4 Proof Film and Manekino Film, in coproduction with Germany’s RohFilm, France’s Les Films de l'Étranger and Bulgaria’s Agitprop Ltd. The budget is 1m EUR, Lăzurean-Gorgan told FNE.
The project received production support from the Romanian Film Center, MDM (Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung) Germany, the Torino Film Lab, Eurimages, and Strasbourg Urban Community. It also received an ARTE award and MEDIA development support and was selected to participate at Atelier Cinéfondation of Cannes Film Festival 2012, Cinemart 2011, Binger FilmLab and Torino Film Lab.
The premiere is set for 2017. Negotiations with sales agents are in progress.
Production Information
4Proof Film
Intrarea Iuliu Valaori, nr. 6, ap.1
030683 Bucharest, Romania
www.4prooffilm.ro
office@4prooffilm.ro
Phone: +4 021/ 3260056
Monica Lăzurean-Gorgan:
monica@4prooffilm.ro
Manekino Film
Iulia Hasdeu str. no 7, sector 1
010835, Bucharest, Romania
office@manekinofilm.ro
www.manekinofilm.ro
Adina Pintilie : +40 723 124 329
adina.pintilie@manekinofilm.ro
Marius Iacob: +40 722 413 005
marius.iacob@manekinofilm.ro
Agitprop
68 Budapest Str., ap.1
1202 Sofia, Bulgaria
Phone/Fax: +359/2/983.14.11, 987.04.17
agitprop@agitprop.bg
www.agitprop.bg
Credits
Director: Adina Pintilie
Scriptwriter: Adina Pintilie
DoP: George Chiper-Lillemark
Cast: Hermann Mueller, Dirk Lange, Laura Benson, Ioan Andrei Ionescu
