In the tragicomic short film “Offstage”, the obsessed mother of Filip kidnaps the famous actor and acting teacher Alexandru Solomon in order to convince him that her son is worth admittance at the National University of Theatre and Cinematography in Bucharest. A failed theatre director, Maria is projecting her own failures on her only son, obsessively wanting to make a great actor out of him despite his obvious lack of talent. How far is she willing to go?