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life as a boxing match (film: Gipsy Queen – Hüseyin Tabak, 2019)

Romanian cinema has only recently begun to deal more intensely with the fate of the over 5 million Romanians who live and work outside the country’s borders, with several very interesting films being released in the last year. These films … Continue reading

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the two hemispheres of Europe (film: Jaful secolului – Teodora Mihai, 2024)

Films about migrations, emigrants and immigrants are an important genre in world cinema, but not in Romanian cinema. ‘Jaful secolului‘ a.k.a. ‘The Heist of the Century‘ (which also circulates worldwide with the alternative titles ‘Traffic‘ and ‘Rheostat‘) has as its … Continue reading

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