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Spruce Forest
7.7 / 10• 2025• 1h 15m•NR• Romanian
DocumentaryHistoryDrama
Storyline
The Spruce Forest explores one of the darkest pages in Romanian history. Inspired by the drama of Fântâna Albă on April 1, 1941, the film reconstructs the fate of a Romanian community in Bessarabia, massacred in a desperate attempt to find refuge from the Soviet occupation. The testimony of a survivor of this genocide becomes the backdrop against which archival images and his wife's memories of Siberia are superimposed, in a dizzying game of mirrors that questions the notion of historical truth and reveals forgotten traumas with potentially devastating consequences in the present.
Cast & Crew
Mircea Andreescu
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Lead
Coca Bloos
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Ionuţ Caras
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What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Tudor Giurgiu's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Spruce Forest is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
