Ten-year-old Filip travels with his father to the nearest town to buy new school shoes. When his father becomes absorbed in conversation with an old friend, Filip continues alone. After mistakenly buying two right-foot shoes, he sets out to correct the error by himself. Along the way, he befriends a stray dog, naming it after his favourite footballer. What begins as a simple errand becomes a quiet journey through fear, responsibility, and courage, leading Filip towards his first steps into independence and growing up.
Director Details
Paul Negoescu is a Romanian filmmaker born in 1984. His short films premiered at major international festivals, including Cannes, Berlin, Karlovy Vary, and Rotterdam, with two receiving European Film Award nominations. His debut feature, A Month in Thailand, premiered at the Venice Film Festival. His second feature, Two Lottery Tickets, became one of Romania’s most successful box-office films and achieved international distribution, later followed by Lottery Tickets Too. His film Men of Deeds received major Romanian film industry honours, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Actor.
