Romanian director Bogdan Mirica debuts at Cannes with crime-western 'Caini'

Romanian filmmaker Bogdan Mirica premieres his feature 'Caini' (Dogs) in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. After studying screenwriting at the University of Westminster and working in advertising, Mirica directed a series for HBO and the festival-circuit success 'Bora Bora'. 'Caini' is a crime film with western undertones, inspired by the violent, irrational brawls among farmhands in the Romanian countryside. The director emphasizes that the mood generating a story is more important than its plot. The film features meticulous cinematography, a tight script, and a clever opening scene to engage the audience, though some sequences suffer from slow pacing and minimal dialogue.