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Alex, in his mid-thirties, is a quite neurotic character. When his mother is hospitalized with a stroke, the caring son’s life gets out of track. At the hospital he finds himself in a burlesque kind of human zoo full of unexpected characters and surprising events. Trying to manage the situation in between everybody’s advice, he’s coming hypochondriac. While his mother seems to feel perfectly fine Alex is making his own set of mistakes – throughout with best intentionsRead More »
In 1959, in Romania, six former members of the nomenklatura and the secret police organize a hold up of the National Bank. After their arrest, the state forces them to play themselves in a film which reconstitutes the crime and the investigation. At the end of their trial, filmed live, they are sentenced to death and executed. A month later, the film Reconstitution was released and became a sensation throughout the country.Read More »
A journalist estranged from her violent father discovers that he’s become a victim of work exploitation. When she agrees to help him expose the injustice, it reopens the wounds of their past.Read More »
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Oana Pfifer, a young therapist visibly distracted by some unknown reasons, is slipping little by little inside the net of the questionnaire she is supposed to submit to her patient. Mihai Dumitru, Oana’s younger brother, worrying about the preparations of his anniversary and not realizing how inappropriate his demands are, is stuck in a story far bigger than what he can handle. Septimiu Pfifer, Oana’s husband, concerned about his health regarding a possible Covid-19 contamination, is vaguely listening to a strange story his ambulance colleague was caught inside long ago, while waiting for the next emergency call. Narcis Patranescu, an organized crime inspector, perturbed by the recent death of one of his colleagues, is on the grip of an unsettling dark story while interrogating a young woman during a funeral. Four short moments in time that are capturing the wanderings of a bunch of errant souls stuck at the crossroads of history.Read More »
In modern-day Transylvania, vampire hunts and labor strikes collide with sci-fi twists, romance, and AI-crafted tales, as multiple storylines blend folklore, classic horror, and contemporary elements into a fresh take on Dracula’s legend.Read More »
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During the night of Dec. 22-23, 1989, mere hours after the fall of Communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, a squad of confused militia men navigates the chaotic streets of Bucharest rife with warring factions in “The Paper Will Be Blue.” Third feature by helmer Radu Muntean (“The Fury”) adeptly blends docudrama realism and wryly observed humor in a manner comparable to fellow Romanian Cristi Puiu’s recent “The Death of Mr. Lazarescu” and other local films, while offering yet another intimate-scaled, off-center examination of the impact of 1989. Adventurous distribs may care to sign on “Paper” for niche release and possible TV sales.Read More »
Radu works occasionally as a fixer for European media, dreaming of becoming a journalist. Given the opportunity to work for French television on a story about juvenile prostitution, he tries to prove his abilities by pushing things to the limit of professional ethics. When meeting Anca, an underage prostitute, he becomes aware of his abusive attitude.Read More »
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Our town… is big! Maybe that’s why it has room for so many stories and events, for so many problems. Probably you’d like us to tell you a story, maybe even a love story. No. Today we’ll talk about a problem. In fact, it’s still a problem of the heart…but a problem to do with children. This is the start of a film made by Márta Mészáros during the few years she spent in Romania at the Sahia studio. The warmth of the beginning is unexpected for a film produced during one of Romania’s darkest decades. The film’s protagonists are orphans taken into care by the state and accommodated at a children’s home in Bucharest. Mészáros’s interest in the fate of children orphaned in the aftermath of the Second World War was autobiographic: as she had lost her parents as a child herself, she had first-hand experience of growing up without them.Read More »
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In ancient Romania, where simplicity hides deep inner life, Doina rises each dawn to bring food to her shepherd husband. What begins as a daily routine becomes a quiet ritual. One morning, nature’s signs reveal his death. The film follows her through grief, blending symbolic realism with myth and magic as she journeys to the edges of despair where reality and imagination intertwine.Read More »