''Banat (The Journey)'', originally titled ''Banat (Il viaggio)'', is a 2015 Italian-Romanian-Bulgarian-Macedonian

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

written and directed by Adriano Valerio, at his feature film debut. It premiered in the International Critics’ Week section at the 72nd edition of the

Venice Film Festival The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ( it, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival he ...

Plot

Ivo, an agronomist from Brindisi and with no job opportunities, agrees to move to Banat, a region of Romania, where he has just been hired by local farmers. Here he will be joined by Clara, a boat restorer, met just before leaving Italy. The two will embark on a journey to rediscover themselves that will lead them to discover new horizons.

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Edoardo Gabbriellini Edoardo Gabbriellini (born 16 July 1975) is an Italian actor, screenwriter, and director. Life and career Born in Livorno, at 18 years old Gabbriellini was chosen by Paolo Virzì to star in his film ''Ovosodo''. For his performance he won the ...

as Ivo * Elena Radonicich as Clara * Stefan Velniciuc as Ion * Piera Degli Esposti as Miss Nitti * Ovanes Torosian as Christian

Production

Elena Radonicich was five months pregnant in real life during filming, so the director changed part of the story and adapted the character to the actress.

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* 2015 directorial debut films 2015 films 2015 drama films Italian drama films Romanian drama films Bulgarian drama films Macedonian drama films Films about immigration 2010s Italian films {{2010s-drama-film-stub

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