Tatiana Niculescu Bran is a Romanian writer and former senior editor of the Bucharest Romanian Bureau of the BBC WS . She previously worked for 8 years as a radio presenter and producer of the World Service in London . Her non fiction novel '' Deadly Confession '' ( Spovedanie la Tanacu ) was published in 2006 by Humanitas Publishing House . It was followed by '' Judges ’ Book '' ( Cartea Judecatorilor ) . A second edition and e-book of '' Deadly Confession '' were issued by Polirom Publishing House in 2012 . The novels caused a sensation in her native country and inspired the film director Cristian Mungiu who produced and directed the film Beyond the Hills based on the same novels . The film won the award for the best screenplay at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival . In 2007 a stage version of the books directed by the American-Romanian director Andrei Serban was performed at La MaMa Theatre in New York . In 2008 , the theatre performance was staged in Paris at the Béhague Palace . Peter Brook and Pascal Bruckner attended the performance
2012 Cannes Film Festival
2012 Cannes Film Festival
Tatiana Niculescu Bran