Forbidden- first Romanian LGBT documentary

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A gay woman from Romania is making plans for marriage although it's forbidden in Romania. She wants to be able to access basic rights for couple related to health insurance, legal house sharing and common goods heritage. Meanwhile, the Romanian Orthodox Church is raising 3 million signatures to force the Parliament to organize a Referendum to change the definition of family in the Constitution. They wanted to change "the family is a union between spouses to a union between a man a woman. The Referendum fails but the threat remains. The woman understands that the State which suppose to defend all its citizen, won't protect her family life. Together with 20 other same sex couples, represented by a lawyer with the help of an LGBT NGO decides to sue Romania at the European Court of Human Rights. To open this legal case the couples need to go to the local marital authorities to register their marriage requests. They know they will put themselves in front of rejections and unfriendly reactions.
While waiting for the verdict, the main character drop the news of her plans to her parents. It will be the first open talk with her dad about who she is.
The film shows a couple relationship that is no different than any other but face different resistance from others.

Project developed in 2020 during ZagrebDox Pro and Balkan Documentary Center.

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