Encounters South African International Documentary Film Festival

Young Toto and his teenage sisters, Andreea and Ana, are on their own, fending for themselves in the hard-knock city of Bucharest. Their mother’s in prison for drug trafficking, telling parole officers that her brothers are minding the kids. If only it weren’t so: Toto’s uncles have turned the house into a drug den, with junkies shooting up on the couch while the ten-year-old tries to sleep. Ana’s already an addict, pushing Andreea and Toto together in an against-all-odds fight for what little notion of ‘family’ remains. Toto’s story has touched hearts world-wide in this festival favourite, in which Emmy-Award-Winning director Alexander Nanau hands over the camera to Andreea, creating the film’s most heart-breaking moments in this work of profound humanity.