In 2017 Sibiu began the longest running citizen protest in the country. For 669 days in a row, rain or snow, accompanied by the midday bells of the neighbouring church, people would come out and stand in silence, facing the windows of the party trying to destroy the Romanian laws of justice. One of them was the writer Radu Vancu. Five years later, protest leaders grapple with doubt and disappointment, as democracy in Romania is still far from the ideal they were fighting for. An unlikely optimist, Radu is the only one who believes the protest has won.