Out of enthusiasm, a Militia soldier abandons his platoon and decides to fight for the cause of the Revolution. Read More »
Tag Archives: Romania
One Hundred Lei AKA 100 Lei (1973) Mircea Saucan, Ion Dichiseanu, Ileana Popovici, Violeta Andrei
In 1970s Romania rebellious and erratic teenager Petre Pantea is struggling to win Read More »
Infinite Football AKA Fotbal Infinit (2018) Corneliu Porumboiu, Laurentiu Ginghina
They talk about the beautiful game, but for Laurentiu Ginghina, it’s not enough. Read More »
The Rest is Silence AKA Restul e Tacere (2007) Nae Caranfil, Marius Florea Vizante, Ovidiu Niculescu, Mirela Zeta
In 1911-12, the Romanian movie director Grigore Brezianu and the financial tycoon Leon Popescu made together 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 »
Stefan Luchian (1981) Nicolae Margineanu, Florin Calinescu, Ion Caramitru, George Constantin
Recreating the early twentieth century in Bucharest, leading to an unforgettable journey Read More »
Be My Cat: A Film for Anne (2015) Adrian Tofei, Sonia Teodoriu, Florentina Hariton
An aspiring Romanian filmmaker and actor obsessed with Hollywood actress Anne Hathaway Read More »
Faust XX (1966) Ion Popescu-Gopo, Emil Botta, Iurie Darie, Jorj Voicu
Tempted by the devil, a professor who suffers from an incurable Read More »
The Contest AKA Concurs (1982) Dan Pita, Gheorghe Dinica, Marin Moraru, Stefan Iordache
An outdoors orientation contest turns into a journey to the participants’ self and conscience. Read More »
Sand Cliffs AKA Faleze de nisip (1983) Dan Pita, Victor Rebengiuc, Carmen Galin, Marin Moraru
The plot confronts an influential surgeon and a carpenter accused to have stolen Read More »
The Story of the Voyages AKA Skazka stranstviy (1983) Aleksandr Mitta, Andrey Mironov, Tatyana Aksyuta, Lev Durov
In a medieval fantasy kingdom, two orphans, May and his sister Martha, live in poverty. Read More »
Passo Doble AKA Pas în doi (1985) Dan Pita, Claudiu Bleont, Petre Nicolae, Ecaterina Nazare
A park, inside a city. A factory. A building of unmarried people. A night at the disco. Read More »
Uncle Marin, the Billionaire AKA Nea Marin miliardar (1979) Sergiu Nicolaescu, Amza Pellea, Draga Olteanu Matei, Jean Constantin
A Romanian peasant is visiting his friend Gogu who works at a hotel on the Black Sea Riviera. Read More »
White Gate AKA Poarta Alba (2014) Nicolae Margineanu, Radu Banzaru, Cristian Bota, Sergiu Bucur
Adrian and Ninel are among the inmates crammed into the freight cars that have just Read More »