---
title: 'Meda or the Not So Bright Side of Things (2017)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Emanuel Pârvu'
released: '2017-08-15'
runtime_minutes: 82
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Romania'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/meda-or-the-not-so-bright-side-of-things-2017'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7165426/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Meda or the Not So Bright Side of Things (2017)

2017 · 82 min · Drama · Romania


## Synopsis

Meda or the Not So Bright Side of Things is a 2017 Romanian drama film directed and written by Emanuel Pârvu, and starring Șerban Pavlu and Ana Radu. The plot follows Doru (Pavlu), a widowed lumberjack living in an isolated village, who struggles earning money so that his foster teenage daughter Meda (Radu) is not sent back to the orphanage. It is the full-length debut of Pârvu.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Emanuel Pârvu](https://cinepixo.com/people/emanuel-parvu)
- **Screenplay:** [Emanuel Pârvu](https://cinepixo.com/people/emanuel-parvu)

## Cast

- [Adrian Titieni](https://cinepixo.com/people/adrian-titieni)
- [Ana Radu](https://cinepixo.com/people/ana-radu)
- [Costel Cașcaval](https://cinepixo.com/people/costel-cascaval)
- [Vlad Corbeanu](https://cinepixo.com/people/vlad-corbeanu)
- [Florin Zamfirescu](https://cinepixo.com/people/florin-zamfirescu)
- [Șerban Pavlu](https://cinepixo.com/people/serban-pavlu)

## Criticism on CinePixo

No reviews published yet.

Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/meda-or-the-not-so-bright-side-of-things-2017
Film facts: Wikidata (Q98804318); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.