Exclusive: Sebastian Stan and director Cristian Mungiu talk Cannes Palme d'Or winner Fjord
Hitting theaters on Oct. 9 from Neon is Fjord, the latest from Romanian filmmaker Cristian Mungiu. This first premiered at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival earlier this year and went on to win the Palme d'Or top prize.
Written & directed by Mungiu, the cast includes Sebastian Stanas Mihai and Renate Reinsve as Lisbet, along with Lisa Carlehed, Henrikke Lund-Olsen, Vanessa Ceban, Jonathan Ciprian Breazu, Ellen Dorrit Petersen, Lisa Loven Kongsli, Markus Tønseth.
From two-time Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or winner Cristian Mungiu – a Norwegian woman and her devout Romanian husband (Sebastian Stan & Renate Reinsve) relocate with their 5 children to a remote, close-knit, coastal town. Their teen children form a fast bond with another neighboring family as unease begins to simmer around their rigid beliefs. When allegations of abuse emerge, they are forced to confront a system of judgment that blurs the line between concern and prejudice.
Mungiu previously directed the films Occident, 4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days, Tales from the Golden Age, Beyond the Hills, Graduation, and R.M.N..
Stan is best known worldwide for his role as Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), beginning with Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) and including his headlining miniseries The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021). He also starred in The Martian (2015) and I, Tonya (2017), he received Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for portraying musician Tommy Lee in the miniseries Pam & Tommy (2022). He gave acclaimed performances in 2024 as an actor with neurofibromatosis in A Different Man, winning the Golden Globe for Best Actor, and as Donald Trump in The Apprentice, earning nominations for the Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Actor.
Blackfilmandtv.com's Wilson Morales talks to Sebastian Stan and director Cristian Mungiu on the film Fjord.
