Overview

Poppy Field (2020) is a tense, intimate Romanian drama that delves into questions of identity, masculinity, and inner conflict, told through the eyes of a man torn between two irreconcilable worlds.

At its center is Cristi (Conrad Mericoffer), a young police officer in Bucharest, fiercely protective of his private life—particularly his secret relationship with a French man, Hadi. When Cristi’s police unit is dispatched to break up a protest at a local cinema showing a queer film, he is thrust into a harrowing confrontation between his public duty and his private truth.

As the situation spirals, Cristi is forced to reckon with the fragile façade he has built to survive in a deeply conservative society. Stripped of the uniform that once shielded him, he must face an impossible choice: continue living in denial or risk everything for authenticity.

With raw, uncompromising performances and a stark realism that refuses to look away, Poppy Field (2020) emerges as a powerful meditation on repression, fear, and the quiet, defiant courage it takes to live openly in a world that demands silence.