The Cinematheque

“Superbly acted … Pârvu is confident enough as a storyteller not to feel the need to show everything.”

Wendy Ide, Screen International

In a small fishing village along the Danube Delta, a teenager’s secret relationship is discovered, setting off a chain of events that will shake his family and community to the core. Adi and his parents, caught between protecting their son and confronting the violence of their neighbours, find themselves at odds with each other as old prejudices come to the surface. Shot with striking naturalism by Silviu Stavilã (Stuff and Dough), this film by Emanuel Pârvu (Mikado, EUFF 2023) is an intense and intimate portrait of family bonds tested under pressure. Winner of the Queer Palme at Cannes, Three Kilometres Until the End of the World is both deeply moving and unforgettable.

In Romanian with English subtitles