18 October| 20:00 – Odeon Theatre, Majestic Hall
Melania, an elderly woman living in Băxani, an isolated hamlet of Bessarabia, lives by herself, as her children all live and work abroad.
Cast:
Melania: Rodica Mandache
Vasile: Emanuel Varga
Directed by: Gelu Colceag
Set Design: Adrian Damian
Light Design: Cristian Niculescu
Video: Luca Achim
Duration: 1 h 15 min (no intermission)
Odeon Theatre, Bucharest
English surtitles
Not only does she embalm birds, she also knows about “Bessarabia”, the local paper, she reads church books, she is a subscriber to modern newspapers, writes notes about her village, and has always marked down the people who died in Băxani. She is a chronicler of her village, a guardian of memory.
Foto: Andrei Runcanu
