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Bright Sun in Tichilesti
Bright Sun in Tichilesti

BRIGHT SUN IN TICHILESTI

Arzător e soarele deasupra Tichileștiului

Directed by Sinişa Dragin
Romania, 1996
Short, Documentary

Synopsis

A touching documenatry about the last leper house in Europe. Tichilești it’s a village in Tulcea, Romania, where you can find the last lepers of the country. The time when the film was shot, in 1996, there were around 41 lepers in the hospital. Nowadays (2015), there are only 2 alive.

Synopsis

A touching documenatry about the last leper house in Europe. Tichilești it’s a village in Tulcea, Romania, where you can find the last lepers of the country. The time when the film was shot, in 1996, there were around 41 lepers in the hospital. Nowadays (2015), there are only 2 alive.