A River's Gaze
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Lavinia, a single mother trying to make a better life on her own terms for herself and her 13-year-old son, live in a poor Romanian village. She is impulsive, prone to misreading situations, and not sure how to love. But her son, on the threshold between childhood and adolescence, needs his mother more than ever, and over the course of four seasons their relationship is put to the test.
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Cast
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Mihaela Subțirică
Lavinia
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Ștefan Costea
Dani
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Vasile Pavel
Marian
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Andreea Cristina Bortun Director · Cosmin Postolache Composer Laurenţiu Răducanu Cinematographer
Budget $1.5M · First release June 17, 2026 · Produced in Romania
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Budget
$1,480,000
Production
Atelier de Film UNATC
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Films de Force Majeure
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Perfo Production
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Romania
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Original title
Malul Vânăt
Original language
Romanian
Spoken on screen
Romanian
Release dates
Romania · June 17, 2026
Premiere · Transilvania International Film Festival
Romania · July 3, 2026
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No release date listed for United States.
France
July 3, 2026 · Theatrical
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