2026 Sarasota Film Festival
Poppy Field
2020• 1 hr 23 min• Romania• English, French, Romanian
Christi, a police officer, and his long distance boyfriend's romantic weekend is cut short when he is called in to handle a crisis at work. Christi and his unit are sent to quell a protest at a movie theater, where a far-right group has interrupted the screening of a queer film.
Directed by Eugen Jebeleanu
Narrative Feature
Screening Details
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Tuesday, April 5, 2022 at 9:15 PM EDT
Ends 10:45 PM EDT
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Sarasota Municipal Auditorium
About This Event
Poppy Field follows the struggle of a young Romanian gendarme, Cristi, who tries to find the balance between two apparently opposing parts of his identity: that of a man working in a macho hierarchical environment and that of a closeted gay person who tries to keep his personal life a secret. While his long-distance French boyfriend, Hadi, is visiting him, Cristi is called in for an intervention at a movie theatre, where an ultra-nationalist, homophobic group has interrupted the screening of a queer film. After one of the protesters threatens to out him, Cristi spirals out of control.
Cast
Conrad Mericoffer, Alexandru Potocean, Radouan Leflahi
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