Robi Urs

At the dinner table one night, a close-knit Romanian family is upset by a startling revelation.

Irina wants to go to school, get her degree and escape her dysfunctional family. Liviu, her cousin, is a businessman who lives in a village. He doesn’t believe much in the importance of an education and finds himself at loggerheads with Irina, who would sacrifice anything to go to school.

Present day Bucharest. Estera is pursuing a job opportunity in Atlanta. She puts her hope in a "friend-interview" with Mike, a Romanian-American entrepreneur who reveals himself to be a domineering wreck with issues of his own.

Doina, a Romanian student in China, wants to make it back to Bucharest in time for New Year's Eve after a long time away from home.

The tragic event of Robert's cat dying is quickly perceived by Ioana as an opportunity to forge a deeper connection with her friend. The burial turns odd when they are joined by his new girlfriend. An unannounced encounter between the human, the non-human, and the dense layers of feelings that are stratified in-between.