One of the oldest documentaries filmed in Romania today that is still preserved, Wedding in Arad is a production during the Austro-Hungarian occupation of Transylvania – a period when film production flourished in the region under the influence of Hungarian filmmakers. Born in 1866, Szendrey began his career in acting and theater directing, as did many early film directors, which can be seen in his favorite use of space and theatrical conventions in the productions of the era. A convention visible both at the beginning and at the end of the film: the actors appear behind a curtain, and the last minutes of the film are a recording of a show that seems to be adapted after the life of Napoleon Bonaparte.Read More »
Romania
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Mihály Szendrey – Nunta la Arad (1913)
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Sergiu Nicolaescu – Capcana mercenarilor AKA The Mercenaries’ Trap (1981)
1981-1990ActionRomaniaSergiu NicolaescuWarWorld War OneThe movie is based on a true story from the end of WWI, in Transylvania. A nobleman who owned some land in Transylvania returns home to find a part of his fortune burned to ashes during late 1918 when power was transferred from AustroHungary to Romania. Looking for revenge, he ordered the killing of innocent Romanian peasants from a neighboring village, which he suspected to be guilty for the losses he suffered. A Romanian officer from Romanian Transylvanian Volunteers Corp, decides to help the villagers to face the menace of the nobleman.Read More »
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Bogdan Theodor Olteanu – Mia isi rateaza razbunarea (2020)
2011-2020ArthouseBogdan Theodor OlteanuDramaMumblecoreRomaniaMia, a young actress, is slapped by her boyfriend. That does it. She moves back home and starts planning her revenge. She decides to make a sex video to send to her ex. She just needs to find a man to make it with.Read More »
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Radu Jude – Plastic Semiotic (2021)
Radu Jude2021-2030RomaniaShort FilmThe life of human beings, seen from birth to old age. Only that this generic life is not represented with humans, but with the artefacts that we the humans have created for our children (or should we say ‘cubs’?), in order to prepare them for life: the toys. So, the film is a collage of scenes in which the toys help us understand better a possible essence of our life.Read More »
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Daniel Sandu – Tata muta muntii AKA The Father Who Moves Mountains (2021)
Daniel Sandu2021-2030DramaRomaniaThrillerMircea, a retired intelligence officer, finds out that his son from has gone missing in the mountains. After days of searches, Mircea put his own rescue team together, leading to altercation…Read More »
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Anca Damian – La montagne magique AKA The Magic Mountain (2015)
2011-2020Anca DamianAnimationExperimentalRomaniaThe film investigates the adventures of mountain climber and photographer Adam J. Winkler, who fought in Afghanistan with the Mujahideen against the Soviets in the 1980s. The director employs a highly original artistic technique involving animated collage of period materials.Read More »
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Mircea Daneliuc – Iacob (1988)
1981-1990ArthouseDramaMircea DaneliucRomaniaQuote:
Iacob, a Transylvanian miner, is wrongly suspected of having stolen some gold. As punishment, he is transferred to another mine, farther away from his home. The effort is gruelling, the way home never-ending.Read More » -
Mircea Saucan – Tarmul n-are sfîrsit AKA The Endless Shore (1962)
1961-1970Mircea SaucanRomanceRomaniaQuote:
In the summer of 1962, a soldier on leave and a girl from Moscow enjoy a brief but intense love affair on the shores of the Black Sea. Their love games mesh with the games of children on the beach; their dialogues are a mixture of Romanian and Russian, humorous and lyrical at the same time. But the soldier has to return to duty, and all that’s left for the girl is the hope that the two will meet again some day.Read More » -
Stere Gulea – Morometii 2 AKA Moromete Family: On the Edge of Time (2018)
2011-2020DramaRomaniaStere GuleaStoryline
A sequel to Romanian cinema’s best-known family saga, The Moromete Family (1987), the film continues the tale of Ilie Moromete and his family, this time focusing on his youngest son, Niculae. The entire world order of the village, where the most important thing is to own land and live as a peasant, changes with the Communist regime and their collectivization. The years 1945 to 1946 find Ilie Moromete aging, but still healthy. There are tensions between him and his second wife Catrina and Ilie’s children from his first marriage. Niculae is the only one of the children who has gone to school. He’s finished three high school years and stopped before the final year, because of the lack of money. What he wants most in this world is to finish his studies. He becomes a journalist and novelist and writes about the changing times he’s seen. — IMDBRead More »