US AGAINST US
Andra Tarara / Romania / 2020 / 74 min
You know, when I was a little girl I used to worry that I was going to have psychiatric problems, because you have them? (Andra in dialogue with her schizophrenic father)
About the film
A common passion and a debilitating mental disorder bring a daughter and her father together and apart, in front of the camera. While their relationship unfolds, a more complex discussion and social dynamics take shape, touching upon the inability to communicate, transmission of trauma through generations, education and personal development, stigma of mental illness. A series of dialogues alternate with daily life sequences, brought to us either from present reality footage or from the father's VHS archives.