During the summer of 1937, Emanuel, a young man in his early twenties, is committed to a sanatorium on the Black Sea coast for treatment of his bone tuberculosis. The treatment consists of painful spine punctures that confine him to a plaster on a stretcher-bed. Little by little, as Emanuel gets accustomed to the sadness of his new life, he discovers that inside the sanatorium there is still a life to be lived to the fullest.
| Writing | Radu Jude | Screenplay |
| Directing | Radu Jude | Director |
| Writing | Max Blecher | Novel |
| Production | Ada Solomon | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dana Păpăruz | Costume Design |
| Sound | Dana Bunescu | Sound Designer |
| Production | Viorica Capdefier | Casting |
| Production | Jonas Dornbach | Co-Producer |
| Production | Janine Jackowski | Co-Producer |
| Production | Maren Ade | Co-Producer |
| Art | Christian Niculescu | Production Design |
| Camera | Marius Panduru | Director of Photography |
| Art | Gina Calin | Art Department Coordinator |
| Editing | Catalin Cristutiu | Editor |
| Sound | Cristinel Sirli | Sound Mixer |
| Production | Jamal Zeinal Zade | Associate Producer |
| Production | Ben von Dobeneck | Line Producer |
| Production | Ioana Draghici | Executive Producer |
| Production | Dan Wechsler | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Jürg Lempen | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Mirel Cristea | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Florian Stoica | Boom Operator |
| Art | Gina Calin | Set Decoration |
