
Toto and His SistersToto și surorile lui
| Categories | documentary film |
|---|---|
| Accessibility | not suitable for minors under 15 years of age |
| Content descriptors | fear |
| Languages | Romanian (orig.) |
| Subtitles | English |
| Black and white / colour | color |
Ten-year-old Toto grows up with his older sisters, Ana and Andreea, in an environment marked by poverty and drug addiction, while their mother is serving a prison sentence. As the sisters struggle to keep the family together, Toto finds an escape in dancing and gradually learns to read and write. This observational documentary follows their difficult journey and their fight for dignity and hope for a different, better life, while raising the question of what happens when young people realize they can aspire to more than what their family or the environment in which they grow up has to offer. The film by Romanian documentary filmmaker Alexander Nanau was among the most significant European documentaries of 2014 and received awards at several prestigious festivals, including the Zurich Film Festival and Dok Leipzig.