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The level of disinterest in personal affairs has become so cynical in Bucharest, that people cheer even an inept army and police manhunt. Meanwhile, Mitu and Elena get to know each other in the course of a vodka drinking contest and discover that they are both dissatisfied with the status quo. Mitu is about to begin military service and Elena is to be married to a man she does not love. They decide they are meant for each other and plan on a different future, one that is on a collision course with the authorities, and start a mad affair.

Lucian Pintilie - (1998) Next Stop Paradise.mkv

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https://nitro.download/view/4211F192B47C220/Lucian_Pintilie_-_(1998)_Next_Stop_Paradise.mkv

Language(s):Romanian
Subtitles:English

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In 1988, Nela, a young schoolteacher, tries to carry out the will of her late father, an officer of the Securitate (Ceausescu’s secret police) who wants his body to be used for medical research. She decides to leave Bucharest to teach in a small provincial town, where she meets Mitica, a doctor at the hospital who is obsessed with saving the life of a Christlike patient whom the authorities wish to let die. They both share an odd sense of humor and see themselves as kindred spirits, but their relationship produces less than welcome results. The Oak is a vivid look at Romania before Ceausescu’s downfall.

1.61GB | 1h 40mn | 1024×576 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/065CC56EC9D48AE/Lucian_Pintilie_-_(1992)_The_Oak.mkv

Language:Romanian
Subtitles:English

The post Lucian Pintilie – Balanta AKA The Oak (1992) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

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Based on a theatrical text by Romanian writer Ion Luca Caragiale (1852-1912), who was a bitter and funny witness of the turn-of-the-20th-century Romanian bourgeois mores, Carnival Scenes manages to preserve and further enhance the slightly hysteric atmosphere of his plays. Pintilie creates a strange combination of carnival scenes which is brought to the screen as a burlesque, fast-paced, screwball comedy with a meditative undertone. This film was banned in Romania for a decade until the death of Ceausescu in 1989 and was only released after the 1989 revolution.

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https://nitro.download/view/CAADC7DB4C4973C/Lucian_Pintilie_-_(1981)_Why_Are_the_Bells_Ringing,_Mitica.mkv

Language(s):Romanian
Subtitles:English

The post Lucian Pintilie – De ce trag clopotele, Mitica? AKA Why Are the Bells Ringing, Mitica? (1981) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

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A very black comedy (and virtually unknown in the U.S.), Niki and Flo is about ill-suited neighbors united by marriage. Angela and her husband have decided to leave Romania for a better life in the United States. Niki, Angela’s father, who is also a former colonel in the Romanian army, is torn between his wish to see his daughter happy and his desire to have her close by; meanwhile Flo, the father of Niki’s son-in-law and a domestic tyrant of sorts, slowly exerts his control over Niki. Courtesy of Filmex Romania. Based on a screen play by Cristi Puiu.

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https://nitro.download/view/229CEEEA74E3A0C/Lucian_Pintilie_-_(2001)_Niki_and_Flo.mkv

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Subtitles:English

The post Lucian Pintilie – Niki Ardelean, colonel în rezerva AKA Niki and Flo (2003) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

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In 1925 Romania, young Marie-Therese Von Debretsy refuses the flirtatious advances of her husband’s commanding officer. As a result, the cosmopolitan family is reassigned to a brutally bleak and dangerous outpost on the Bulgarian/Romanian frontier whereboth their relationship and humanity are severely tested.

Un.ete.inoubliable.AKA.An.Unforgettable.Summer.1994.DVDRip.x264-HANDJOB.mkv

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https://nitro.download/view/B3EA3E53B3AB103/Un.ete.inoubliable.AKA.An.Unforgettable.Summer.1994.DVDRip.x264-HANDJOB.mkv

Language(s):Romanian, English
Subtitles:English, Romanian

The post Lucian Pintilie – Un été inoubliable AKA An Unforgettable Summer (1994) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

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It is the end of the Romanian war against the Soviet Union (but not the end of the WWII), as Germany and Romania are allies, but in a few weeks they will be enemies. Two German officers stop for a lunch with a group of Romanian officers and as the story develops, a pair of rare postage stamps are acquired in very different occasions, which underlines the differences between the group of officers. This deceptively simply short film has many complex ramifications about history, honor, about how material value translates in life and survival. Director Pintilie works beautifully with his actors, especially Victor Rebengiuc (a preferred actor of Pintilie) and his use of visual space in a small room is both inspired and effective.

https://nitro.download/view/26AB1A5930ADD75/Lucian_Pintilie_-_(2006)_Tertium_Non_Datur.mkv

https://rapidgator.net/file/12dc7572ff4e379181a454409fca1f7d/Lucian_Pintilie_-_(2006)_Tertium_Non_Datur.mkv

Language(s):Romanian, German, French
Subtitles:Romanian, English

The post Lucian Pintilie – Tertium non datur (2006) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

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After two friends drunkenly injure a waiter, the police force them to recreate their crime for an “educational” film—with disastrous results. Immediately banned
in communist Romania, Reenactment is one of the key films of the Romanian
cinema (voted best Romanian film of all time by 40 Romanian film critics)
and stands among the exemplary works of its region and time.

Reenactment/Reconstituirea (or, as it is featured on imdb, Reconstruction) is considered by Romanian critics to be the best film in the history of this country’s cinema. While Top Ten lists are admittedly wildly subjective, I don’t think anyone would dispute this particular ranking. It also shows up in every serious discussion on Romanian films, both here and abroad, and the more you read on this topic, the more frequently you’ll come across the title and its director’s illustrious name.

Every single Lucian Pintilie film is a beautiful work of art, but Reenactment is remarkable not only due to its artistic merits but also because of its position in the historical and political context. Pintilie has never shied away from spiky topics and had more than his share of problems with censure in the communist era. Reenactment was no exception. Filmed in 1968, when the regime was still relatively mild, it is a merciless criticism of repression, disdain for human dignity and misuse of power. No wonder it eventually tickled the censorship apparatus and was banned shortly after its release, only to be released again in 1990, after the fall of communism. As a historical document, this is a brilliantly subversive film and a breathtakingly brave one at the same time.

The film uses a self-reflexive basis for its message: when two students get a bit too drunk and misbehave in a pub, they are caught by the authorities and offered a milder sentence if they agree to reenact their brawl in front of a camera for an educational film on the dangers of alcoholism. And so the two young men, their prosecutor, a policeman and the film team head to the restaurant of a mountain town to make the movie. They are joined by an alcoholic professor  and a mysterious, boyish young woman who frolics around in a skimpy bathing suit, bringing even more commotion to the already tense atmosphere. Eventually, the shoot becomes really awkward before taking an utterly unexpected turn.

What may sound staged or high-brow is in fact a thrilling watch, holding the audience emerged in its dream-like reality while raising the tension to one of the most powerful ending scenes in Romanian cinema.

Reenactment is bold, tough and beautiful. Luckily the lovely cinema Eforie is screening the picture these days, so leave work early, skip any appointments you might have, postpone everything else and watch it on a big screen. You will be in awe.
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http://nitroflare.com/view/E5C4BEF95B815B1/Reconstituirea.mkv

Language(s):Romanian
Subtitles:English

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