Metronom (English subs)
Striking and haunting portrait of a first love, rebellion and political awakening
Bucharest, 1972. Ceausescu’s communist regime is increasingly strangling society. Freedom is under pressure and culture has to serve the state’s propaganda machine. It is against this backdrop that timid teenager Ana is told that her boyfriend will flee the country. Later that night, she parties with friends. They listen to the banned radio station Radio Free Europe, dance to “Light My Fire” by The Doors and decide to write a letter to the radio host. Until the Securitate, the secret state police, invade…