Always Coming Home

'Always Coming Home' is a unique slow-cinema documentary that reveals the everyday beauty of central Transylvanian Romanian villagers, bringing the viewer along for a rare and raw ride into an archaic way of life.

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Set to music in mesmeric vignettes (film-score by Chris Zabriskie), we are offered the opportunity as the viewer to immersively enjoy, from the ground up, the felt & lived experience of these traditional rhythms.

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Yet beyond its portrait of this timeless place and its dignified, often misunderstood people, the film speaks to something more universal. Through the filmmaker's lens, we witness the poignant dimensions of the immigrant experience – a story of loss, home, and longing. Diana Gentu's liminal, otherworldly documentary touches the very essence of belonging, resonating with anyone who has ever searched for their place in the world.