The last part in the trilogy follows the three brothers on their way home Read More »
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Modigliani (2004) Mick Davis, Andy Garcia, Elsa Zylberstein, Omid Djalili
Set in Paris in 1919, biopic centers on the life of late Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani, focusing on his last days as well as his rivalry with Pablo Picasso. Read More »
The Waves of the Danube AKA Valurile Dunarii (1960) Liviu Ciulei, Lazar Vrabie, Irina Petrescu
Mihai leads members of the local resistance movement in an attack on a barge Read More »
Beyond the Bridge AKA Dincolo de pod (1977) Mircea Veroiu, Leopoldina Balanuta, Maria Ploae, Mircea Albulescu
Mara, a hard-working widow woman brings up his two children in a developing industrial Transylvanian town. Read More »
Youth Without Youth (2007) Francis Ford Coppola, Tim Roth, Alexandra Maria Lara, Bruno Ganz
1938, Romania: at 70, a professor of language and philosophy, Dominic Matei, contemplates suicide: the love of his life is dead Read More »
The Prophet, the Gold and the Transylvanians AKA Profetul, aurul si Ardelenii (1978) Dan Pita, Mircea Veroiu, Ilarion Ciobanu, Ovidiu Iulian Moldovan, Mircea Diaconu
Two peasants from Transylvania go to America in order to meet their brother who had left Romania ten years earlier. Read More »
The Actress, the Dollars and the Transylvanians AKA Artista, dolarii si Ardelenii (1978) Mircea Veroiu, Ilarion Ciobanu, Ovidiu Iulian Moldovan, Mircea Diaconu
The second film in the trilogy continues the American adventures of the three Transylvanian brothers Read More »
Forest of the Hanged AKA Padurea spânzuratilor (1965) Liviu Ciulei, Victor Rebengiuc, Stefan Ciubotarasu
In 1916 ethnic Romanian Apostol Bologa is a Lieutenant in the Habsburg Army Read More »
The Escape AKA Quod erat demonstrandum (2013) Andrei Gruzsniczki, Sorin Leoveanu, Ofelia Popii, Florin Piersic Jr.
In mid-’80s Romania, a gifted mathematician is under investigation for plans to publish a new theorem by smuggling it overseas. Read More »
The Paper Will Be Blue AKA Hîrtia va fi albastrã (2006) Radu Muntean, Paul Ipate, Adi Carauleanu, Dragos Bucur
Out of enthusiasm, a Militia soldier abandons his platoon and decides to fight for the cause of the Revolution. Read More »
Gently Was Anastasia Passing AKA Duios Anastasia trecea (1980) Alexandru Tatos, Anda Onesa, Amza Pellea, Tark Laszlo
A border town on the Danube, 1944. The town is occupied by the Germans, and there are plenty of collaborators. Read More »
Then I Sentenced Them All to Death AKA Atunci i-am condamnat pe toti la moarte (1972) Sergiu Nicolaescu, Amza Pellea, Cristian Sofron, Ion Besoiu
During World War II, just before the events of August 23rd 1944, a German soldier is found murdered in a Romanian village. Read More »
The Way I Spent the End of the World AKA Cum mi-am petrecut sfârsitul lumii (2006) Cãtãlin Mitulescu, Dorotheea Petre, Timotei Duma, Ioan Albu
Bucharest 1989 – the last year of Ceausescu’s dictatorship. Eva lives with her parents and her 7 year old brother, Lalalilu. Read More »
Too Late AKA Prea târziu (1996) Lucian Pintilie, Razvan Vasilescu, Cecilia Bârbora, Victor Rebengiuc
Germany 1996. A man rummages through a bag, finding some sticks of dynamite. Read More »
Gadjo dilo AKA The Crazy Stranger (1997) Tony Gatlif, Romain Duris, Rona Hartner, Izidor Serban
Stéphane, a young French man from Paris, travels to Romania. Read More »