Abstract: (Crisis as an Image of the Human Trinity: Human Being / Society / Species): Two recent biographies published by Romanian film directors draw attention through the ways in which they unveil the plural and multifaceted identity of their subjects, their human complexity, as well as their strategies for continuously reconstructing the self, always exposed to the vicissitudes of the past century. Cristian Mungiu brings to life the story of his grandmother, Tania Ionașcu, whose biography from Bessarabia fascinates through its tenacity and resilience. Stere Gulea dedicates to his granddaughters his autobiography, written with the desire to shape an identity dimension that needs to be recovered, but also with the will of opening a path toward an inner world accessed through memory and recollection. These two directors create instrument-texts that turn evocation into immersion: not only do the events of the narrated lives capture interest, but also the density of the recreated eras awakens curiosity to explore how, from the depths of the unforeseen and uncertainty, both the strength to move forward and the mysterious art of savoring life – of giving it value and meaning – are born. Starting from Edgar Morin’s perspective on his own biography, in Lessons from a Century of Life (Éditions Denoël, 2021; Curtea Veche Publishing, 2022), we, as human beings, intertwine the uncertainties of life with the effort to build the Path. Living alongside various types of crises, we discover that the road to future passes through a journey back to our roots.