Ryna

16 year old Ryna is the daughter of a poor Romanian who runs a gas station in a small community in the Danube delta. Ryna has been brought up like a boy because her father had longed for a son. The film is about strong family ties, about gender identity, and about a despotic father slowly losing his grip. But, it is also about poverty, social suppression and the abuse of power. Ryna shows the awakening of a young girl s soul and the pain that goes with it. Caught between traditional values and materialistic dreams, in the end Ryna pays a heavy price in order to assert her own identity. Written by Elena Hazanov Ryna is a 2005 FrenchRomanian-language Drama movie featuring Dorotheea Petre, Valentin Popescu, Matthieu Rozé, Nicolae Praida, Aura Calarasu, Theodor Delciu and Oxana Moravec. Ryna was released on 24th November 2006.
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