Destino

Eszter Hajdú shot this film in Romania. She got acquainted with a special gipsy community and with its female leader, Luminita Cioba.

Luminita, the poet and writer, speaks several languages, has had a university education, she isn't married nor has she children. She is the daughter of the king...

How is she living in a community, in which everybody has big family, but almost all of them are semiliterate? What is the attitude of this deeply patriarchal community and her own family towards her?

"I saw her first in the church. I could not take my eyes off her. She is an artist, a princess. She is highly respected. I wanted to get closer. I wanted to get intimate. I needed her trust... I had to show her..."

A film about the possibility of familiarisation, about the connection of two persons...

Director

Eszter Hajdú

Cameraman

Robert Maly

Editor

Jelena Rozic

Producer

Dan Nutu, Aristoteles Workshop, Sibiu, Romania