Bringing Ambition and Ambiguity to CALIBRATION: Meet Antoanella Ungureanu
What fascinated Ungureanu most was Angela's complete certainty in herself. She doesn't see herself as ruthless or morally compromised. Quite the opposite.
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6/22/20263 min read
Among the scenes she is most looking forward to filming is a pivotal moment when Angela suddenly finds herself under pressure. Novum Labs is demanding results. Phase Three must move forward. But Freya, the gifted analyst on whom Angela has increasingly come to rely, is no longer available.
For perhaps the first time, the confident executive finds herself confronted with something she cannot control.
For Ungureanu, CALIBRATION also represents something increasingly rare in contemporary filmmaking.
Beyond its dystopian setting and restrained aesthetic, she was drawn to a story unafraid to ask uncomfortable questions. Set against the backdrop of a near-future Prague, the film explores a world where institutions promise healing and progress while quietly redefining what it means to be human.
Working with director Serani Hunyi has reinforced that sense of purpose. Ungureanu describes Serani as kind and respectful, a director deeply invested not only in the film itself but in the well-being of the actors bringing it to life. The result, she says, is a collaborative environment built on trust, professionalism, and team cohesion.
As CALIBRATION moves toward production, Ungureanu is eager to continue exploring Angela alongside the cast and crew. And while audiences may be captivated by the film's visual language and the relationship between Freya and Hannah, they should not underestimate Angela Petrescu.
Because some of the most consequential choices are not made by villains.
They are made by intelligent, capable people who genuinely believe they are doing the right thing.
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Bringing Ambition and Ambiguity to CALIBRATION: Meet Antoanella Ungureanu
Some characters reveal themselves immediately.
Angela Petrescu does not.
When audiences first encounter the Novum Labs executive in CALIBRATION, they will meet someone intelligent, capable and entirely at ease within the systems she inhabits. She is efficient. Articulate. Successful. The kind of person many corporations reward. Yet beneath that polished exterior lies something far more unsettling: a woman who genuinely believes she is doing the right thing.
Bringing that complexity to life is Romanian actress Antoanella Ungureanu.
Based in Prague and working across film, television and theatre in both Prague and Bucharest, Ungureanu has quietly assembled an impressive body of work. Her screen credits include David Ondříček's Král Šumavy: Fantom temného kraje, Please Rise alongside Cannes Best Actress winner Zar Amir Ebrahimi, and Charlotte Vacková's internationally acclaimed short film Forbidden. She has also collaborated with legendary Hungarian filmmaker Béla Tarr on a FAMU-produced project while continuing to refine her craft through workshops and masterclasses in Prague and Berlin.
For Ungureanu, acting has always been rooted in transformation. The opportunity to inhabit another life, to explore emotions that everyday life often asks us to suppress, is what first drew her to the profession. That same curiosity led her to Angela.
When she first read the CALIBRATION screenplay, she was immediately struck by the character's depth. Angela wasn't a stereotype or a simple antagonist. She was layered. Contradictory. Human.
That contradiction became the key.
What fascinated Ungureanu most was Angela's complete certainty in herself. She doesn't see herself as ruthless or morally compromised. Quite the opposite. She believes her choices are justified. She believes she is helping. In many ways, that conviction makes her more disturbing than an obvious villain.
Outside the walls of Novum Labs, Angela is almost invisible. She could be anyone. Another ambitious professional, devoted to her career, committed to a certain lifestyle, functioning comfortably inside a culture that rewards productivity while slowly eroding empathy.
It is precisely that ordinariness that gives the character her power.
Antoanella Ungureanu as Angela in CALIBRATION
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CALIBRATION is produced by Serani Studio (Prague), in association with Bottomline AI (France)
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