The Distance Between Me and Me

Poet musician intellectual and committed communist Nina Cassian wrestled for decades with the central contradiction of her life how to reconcile her artistic ideals with the strict censorship imposed by Romanias Communist Party a tension that put her at odds with the totalitarian Ceaușescu regime and eventually led to her exile Interweaving archival footage with firsthand interviews this thoughtprovoking documentary illuminates the complex relationships between art politics and personal truths