Tag Archives: Romanian cinema

the Metronom generation (film: Metronom – Alexandru Belc, 2022)

Posted on January 19, 2024 by admin

‘Metronom‘ (2022) by the Romanian director Alexandru Belc is not a film about the legendary radio show ‘Metronom’ from Radio Free Europe but about the Metronom generation. For viewers who were lucky enough not to know what the life of … Continue reading →

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theatre behind bars (film: Visul – Cătălin Saizescu, 2023)

Posted on December 18, 2023 by admin

Educational programs that use theater as a therapeutic or rehabilitation methodology are part of the arsenal of many prison systems in the world. The American Cornell University has a ‘prison theatre’ course and the ‘Shakespeare Behind Bars’ program has been … Continue reading →

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radiography of chaos (film: Libertate – Tudor Giurgiu, 2023)

Posted on September 30, 2023 by admin

Romanian cinema, like a significant part of the Romanian society, is still obsessed with the events of December 1989, which led to the fall of communism. Romania was the last country among the former allies of the USSR in which … Continue reading →

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our society is the patient (film: R.M.N. – Cristian Mungiu, 2022)

Posted on January 5, 2023 by admin

Cristian Mungiu does not belong to the category of prolific filmmakers. ‘R.M.N.’ it is released six years after his previous film and ten years after the one before it. However, each of his films is an event, both from a … Continue reading →

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the role of his life (film: Luca – Horațiu Mălăele, 2020)

Posted on May 16, 2022 by admin

It was said about Horatiu Malaele that he is a multiple artistic talent. What I find extraordinary about him is the fact that in every artistic field in which he manifests himself he reaches the highest level. He is one … Continue reading →

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a boy with a guitar in the war-torn Europe (film: Merge si-asa – regia Valentin Urziceanu, 2022)

Posted on May 15, 2022 by admin

With ‘Merge și-asa’ (the aproximate translation would be ‘It Works, Kind Of’), the team led by director and screenwriter Valentin Urziceanu boldly steps into a cinematic genre in which Romanian cinema has very little tradition and experience – feature film … Continue reading →

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truth at all price? (film: 5 minute – Dan Chisu, 2019)

Posted on May 11, 2022 by admin

Three fundamental institutions of the Romanian state and of society are subjected to a critical examination in ‘5 minute‘ (the title of the English distribution is ‘5 Minutes Too Late‘), Dan Chisu‘s 2019 film: the press, the gendarmerie and the … Continue reading →

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this is not a game (film: Mikado – Emanuel Parvu, 2021)

Posted on March 4, 2022 by admin

I confess that had to use Google after watching the Romanian film ‘Mikado‘ (2021) directed by Emanuel Parvu to decipher its title. I found out that mikado is a game that I knew as a child under the name ‘Marocco‘ … Continue reading →

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uncertain moonlight (film: Crai nou / Blue Moon – Alina Grigore, 2021)

Posted on September 25, 2021 by admin

‘Crai nou‘ (2021) (distributed internationally with the title ‘Blue Moon‘) is a debut film, but Alina Grigore, its script author and director, is not a debutante in cinema. On the contrary, it can be said that she already has a … Continue reading →

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‘you are so different’ (film: Drum cu tata / Die Reise mit Vater – Anca Miruna Lazarescu, 2016)

Posted on September 22, 2021 by admin

‘That Trip We Took with Dad‘ (the Romanian title is ‘La drum cu tata‘, the German title is ‘Die Reise mit Vater‘) is Anca Miruna Lăzărescu‘s 2016 debut feature film. The director was born in Romania but has lived in … Continue reading →

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