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Cristian Bota

Cristian Bota

Acting

Known For

The Samca File
5.0

15 years after 3 bizarre murders shook a small provincial town, a team of documentary filmmakers revisit the case, confronting theories of a satanic cult, local conspiracies, and the terrifying possibility of a killer still on the loose.

The Samca File

2026
Tuff Money
5.7

After two hapless stoplight technicians make an offhand joke about an imaginary heist, everyone in their small Romanian town suddenly wants a piece of the pie – forcing the pair to make a decision that could change their lives forever.

Tuff Money

2020
Box 21
6.5

Romanian Lidia is lured to Sweden, where she is locked up and prostituted. In her search for revenge, her fate is intertwined with the police officer Ewert Gren, who chases a dangerous criminal.

Box 21

2020
The Father Who Moves Mountains
5.8

Mircea, former Intelligence officer, finds out that his son from has gone missing in the mountains. He travels there to find him. After days of searches, Mircea put his own rescue team together, leading to conflict with the local squad.

The Father Who Moves Mountains

2021
In Perfect Health
4.5

A young man trying to solve the puzzle of his father's last moments rattles the life of a quiet town and unburies unwanted truths. His compulsive quest becomes a downward spiral of love, lust and lies.

In Perfect Health

2017
One Step Behind the Seraphim
7.7

A group of freshmen in an orthodox college are introduced in a world of cons, pleasure and money, but they soon discover that's not the way one's life should be lead.

One Step Behind the Seraphim

2017
Tandari
4.5

Two villages that received only half their necessary annual budgets decide to wage it all on a soccer game between themselves. Whoever wins gets it all and fulfill their objectives. So everything becomes fair game in their quest to win.

Tandari

2025
The Cardinal
8.7

In the fifties, the leaders of the Greek-Catholic church are arrested and sent to the Sighet prison.The soviet regime has banned any church except the orthodox. Tortured and dehumanized, the only choices are conversion or death. The bishop Iuliu Hossu stands up in front of the torturers and through courage and stature becomes an inspiration for the other priests.

The Cardinal

2019
A Night in Tokoriki
7.5

In an improvised night club called "Tokoriki" the whole village celebrates Gianina's 18th birthday. Her boyfriend and Alin will give her a most surprising gift, one that nobody will ever forget.

A Night in Tokoriki

2016
White Gate
7.0

Two young men are sent to a labour camp when they try to escape Romania.

White Gate

2014
They Made You into a Weapon and Told You to Find Peace
N/A

In a society lit by UV lamps, the world of 11-year-old Joshua is shaken when a newcomer disrupts the apparent order, challenging the unspoken rules.

They Made You into a Weapon and Told You to Find Peace

2025
Catane
4.5

In the remote Romanian village of Catane, a community of villagers, long surviving on disability benefits obtained through ambiguous means, faces exposure when a local inquiry descends. What unfolds is not a story of deception, but of unexpected ingenuity as the villagers craft a disarmingly poetic and humorous response to the absurdities of a broken system. In reinventing their way of life, they reveal not only a means of survival—but a radical model of communal resilience in a fractured world.

Catane

2025
Appalachia
N/A

Leo, a 17-year-old biker, and Raisa, the pastor's daughter of a small conservative village from Romania, fall in love at first sight, but communitarianism and religious fanaticism will defeat their relationship.

Appalachia

2022
The Mole
N/A

Exhausted by the relentless pace of the construction site, Vali, a worker pushed to his limits, walks away from everything and begins digging a hole in the middle of a field. As he descends, reality shifts around him, carrying him through a series of spaces. Each place he passes through reflects his exhaustion, his fear, and his need for release.

The Mole

2026