Directed by Cristian Nemescu
Original title: California Dreamin’ (Nesfârşit)
Romania, 2007, 155 min.
Cast: Armand Assante, Răzvan Vasilescu, Jamie Elman, Maria Dinulescu, Ioan Săpdaru, Andi Vasluianu

The film won the Prix Un Certain Regard at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, the Iris Award for Best Film, the Audience Award, and the Canvas Award at the Brussels European Film Festival 2007.

Lauded at this year's Festival de Cannes, director Cristian Nemescu (tragically killed in a crash before the film's final postproduction) was inspired by an event that had occurred in the late 1990s during the Kosovo war. A village station master in a Bucharest suburb blocks a train filled with NATO military equipment and American marines for lack of legitimate customs papers. The scenario unfolds over the course of several days, as village locals mingle with the stranded troops. Forced to live side by side, both groups discover that life can never again be quite the same. Pascale Ferran, awarding the film top prize for Cannes' Un Certain Regard, said, "far and above, California Dreamin' is the most lively and liberated film proposal we've seen in our entire ten days."