A young Romanian woman visits her uncle, who emigrated to the United States many years ago to build a new life as a baker.
What begins as a joyful reunion soon turns into a trial of strength when an unexpected toothache that the uncle refuses to have treated raises questions about identity, origins and decisions that can change a life.

COMING SOON
SHORT FILM I 19’ I 2024 I USA I STILLS © MARCO MÜLLER

TEAM
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY  OLIVER ADAM KUSIO & VANESSA GUNESCH
PRODUCER  KATRIN KREPPEL
CINEMATOGRAPHER  MARCO MÜLLER
EDITOR  ANNA-LENA ENGELHARDT
PRODUCTION DESIGNER  SARAH SIMS
SOUNDDESIGNER  TILL ALDINGER
SOUND RE-RECORDING MIXER CAROLINE MICOL LOGUERCIO
GAFFER  KATIE MLINEK
PRODUCTION  FILMUNIVERSITÄT BABELSBERG / UNCSA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS

ACTRESS DANA SILVANA MIHAI
ACTOR COSTEL SORIN CRISTEA

EDITOR NOTE:
The smoothness of our teeth is my Master of Arts graduation film at the Konrad Wolf Film University of Babelsberg. It was recently finished (2022).
Poetry, subtlety and a kind of softness mixed with roughness accompanied by irritation have been some of the main themes in the editing process.
Without emotional amplification- emotionally strong moments should not be stretched - the film wants to show the reunion of the two main characters. The distance, the closeness, the everyday struggle and the social difficulties.
It was an attempt to transform the special relationship between Dana and her uncle Costel into the language of editing.
An attempt to let the audience feel the aching of the tooth, of cultural identity crisis, of culture formation and belonging, a certain discomfort and shame, but also the sweet undertones and moments in between.