
A man struggling with the dark side of his nature succumbs to his violent impulses in this drama from filmmaker Cristi Puiu Viorel (Cristi Puiu) is a man whose sanity hangs in the balance; while he tries to keep his emotions in check something inside him is starting to boil over As Viorel interacts with his girlfriend (Clara Voda) his mother (Valeria Seciu) & stepfather (Valentin Popescu) & some friends & former co-workers it's obvious that something is troubling him even if he won't talk about it Over the course of one day Viorel argues with those close to him calls in some old debts buys parts for a gun drives around town watches his home being taken apart & finally explodes killing a stranger But this isn't close to the end of Viorel's strange dark story