In this episode of Cinema Callback, Andy and Michael dive into Acasă My Home (2020), Radu Ciorniciuc’s intimate documentary that follows the real-life Enache family as they are uprooted from their decades-long life on the edge of the Văcărești Delta, a wild, semi-urban wetland on the outskirts of Bucharest, and thrust into the challenges of modern city living.

Using the show’s voice note conversation format, the hosts unpack the film’s observational approach, its compassionate eye toward personal and systemic upheaval, and how a family’s sense of home is tested when their environment and everything they have known is taken from them. They explore the contrast between life’s unpredictable rhythm in the delta and the regimented demands of urban society, from schooling and work to social expectations and identity.

Andy and Michael also talk about how the film balances empathy with complexity, showing both the harsh realities of the family’s earlier life and the pressures they face in their new surroundings, and why Acasă My Home finds meaning in the fragile, uneven journey of adaptation and belonging rather than in easy answers.