Secluded from the world, in XIX-century rural Romania,

a widow and mother of three must defend what’s left of her family, at all costs, from an old family friend turned foe.

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Based on one of the best-known Romanian folktales (The Goat and Her Three Kids by Ion Creangă), this film aims to unveil the true nature of the famed bedtime story and to treat the audience to a different perspective, one that offers a glimpse of what the tragedy looks like

beyond the happy songs and familiar characters.

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The story of The Goat and Her Three Kids (the Romanian version of Grimm's The Wolf and The Sever Young Goats)

can safely be regarded as Romania's best-known and most controversial children's tale.

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With its origins dating as far back as the 5th century BCE, the story of The Goat and Her Three Kids has variations all over the world, Its international popularity being confirmed by the billions of views its animated versions presently gather online.

In Romania, the popularity of the story, the iconic actress Maia Morgenstern, and the director's artistic approach

inevitably translated into the success of the movie. Thus The Goat and Her Three Kids movie was:​​

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