Laurențiu Ginghină is a clerk from the Prefecture of the town of Vaslui, who has worked for the last 30 years on how to improve the football rules. The director examines his questions on why the playing field has to be rectangular or why the players have to run over the whole court, in order to extend the investigation into the relationship between football and life.

„Behind Laurențiu’s questions I sensed a conflict between the law and freedom, a conflict which I was always passionate about”, Porumboiu said in a statement. He also appears on screen playing a character similar to a referee.

The film was shot in eight days from December 2016 to May 2017. The budget was 50,000 EUR, Marcela Ursu who is producing through 42 Km Film told FNE.

Voodoo Films released the film in Romania on 9 March 2018. MK2 Films is handling the international sales.

Production Information:

42 Km Film
http://www.42kmfilm.com/

Credits:

Director: Corneliu Porumboiu
Scriptwriter: Corneliu Porumboiu
DoP: Tudor Mircea
Editor: Roxana Szel
Cast: Laurențiu Ginghină, Corneliu Porumboiu