Two bleak stories about absent love. In the first, a widow is working hard in a desperate attempt to save her dying daughter. Read More »
Tag Archives: Romania
The Oak (1992) Lucian Pintilie, Maia Morgenstern, Razvan Vasilescu, Victor Rebengiuc
A description of Romania before Ceausescu’s downfall, through the story of Nela. Read More »
The Happiest Girl in the World (2009) Radu Jude, Andreea Bosneag, Doru Catanescu, Claudiu Dumitru
Delia, a young Romanian girl, comes to Bucharest with her parents to collect a prize Read More »
A Clod of Clay (1989) Nicolae Margineanu, Emilia Dobrin, Tudorel Filimon, Ilie Gâlea
Having the provincial life of Moldova as a backdrop, director Nicolae Margineanu masterfully re-creates the atmosphere Read More »
The Moromete Family (1987) Stere Gulea, Victor Rebengiuc, Luminita Gheorghiu, Gina Patrichi
The movie is a portray of the inhabitants of an ordinary Romanian village,before the beginning of ww2. Read More »
Sieranevada (2016) Cristi Puiu, Mimi Branescu, Judith State, Bogdan Dumitrache
Three days after the terrorist attack on the offices of Parisian weekly Charlie Hebdo and forty days after the death of his father Read More »
A Police Inspector Calls (1975) Sergiu Nicolaescu, Amza Pellea, Gheorghe Dinica, Ion Besoiu, Action, Crime, Drama
The Iron Guard, also called Legion of Archangel Michael, was a Romanian nationalist and patriotic motion of intense appropriate Read More »
A fost sau n-a fost / 12:08 East of Bucharest (2006) Corneliu Porumboiu, Mircea Andreescu, Teodor Corban, Ion Sapdaru, Comedy, Drama
It’s the 22nd of December. Sixteen years have passed since the revolution, and in a small town Christmas is about to come. Read More »
Apachen (1973) Gottfried Kolditz, Gojko Mitic, Milan Beli, Colea Rautu, Western
In Northern Mexico, the Apache tribe have negotiated an agreement, granting passage over their land to the Mexicans in exchange for food. Read More »
The Human Resources Manager (2010) Eran Riklis, Mark Ivanir, Guri Alfi, Noah Silver, Comedy, Drama
A tragi-comedy centered on the HR manager of Israel’s largest industrial bakery, who sets out to save the reputation of his business and prevent the publication of a defamatory article. Read More »