If the Seed Doesn't Die (2010)

Plot Summary

Two fathers, a Romanian searching for his daughter who was forced into prostitution in Kosovo, and a Serbian seeking the body of his son killed in a car accident in Romania, meet on the river Danube. A boatman recounts the 200 year-old legend of Romanian peasants struggling unsuccessfully to move an old wooden church up the hill to their village at a time when building Orthodox churches was prohibited.

Movie Details

Original Title

Dacă bobul nu moare

Status

released

Original Language

ro

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Production Companies

Wega Film

Eurimages

Vienna Film Financing Fund

Hubert Bals Fund

Romanian National Center for Cinematography

Mrakonia Film