Tag Archives: Romanian cinema

end of the wave (Film: Sieranevada – Cristi Puiu, 2016)

Posted on October 14, 2019 by admin

With a delay of three years I managed to see Cristi Puiu‘s ‘Sieranevada‘, a film that I had read and heard much about. Three years are certainly not enough for a ‘historical’ perspective but they are enough to better place … Continue reading →

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caravan of terror (Film: Caravana cinematografica – Titus Muntean, 2009)

Posted on September 18, 2019 by admin

The movie caravans have a history that is worth exploring. It begins a century ago in Russia immediately after the Bolshevik revolution. The regime established by Lenin and Stalin noticed early the propaganda force of the young art of cinema … Continue reading →

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a double soap opera by Geo Saizescu (Film: Iubire elenă – Geo Saizescu, 2012)

Posted on July 28, 2019 by admin

Fans of Romanian cinema and viewers who follow the movies coming from Romania have two good reasons to want to see “Iubire elenă” (“Greek Love”) made in 2012. This was the latest film by Geo Saizescu (1932-2013), a film director … Continue reading →

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interesting cinema, lacking emotion (Film: Monstri – Marius Olteanu, 2019)

Posted on June 10, 2019 by admin

Director and script author Marius Olteanu, at his first feature film, demonstrates in ‘Monsters‘ that he knows the job. The film, which on these days made its debut on the Romanian screens in Cluj at TIFF and which I saw … Continue reading →

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an inconvenient mirror (Film: Cea mai fericitã fatã din lume – Radu Jude, 2009)

Posted on May 14, 2019 by admin

‘This is who we are!’. This is the message that film director Radu Jude repeats obsessively in all his films. He puts an uncomfortable mirror in the face of the sometimes unwilling Romanian spectators, bound to face unpleasant truths about … Continue reading →

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Tema Holocaustului în filmul românesc

Posted on April 29, 2019 by admin

Câteva filme foarte vizibile și foarte discutate și disputate în spațiul public ar putea crea impresia că Holocaustul este o tema majoră a cinematografiei românești. Lucrurile nu stau deloc așa. Subiectul a fost aproape complet absent din cinematografia românească a … Continue reading →

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a case of bad education (Film: Un pas in urma serafimilor – Daniel Sandu, 2017)

Posted on April 21, 2019 by admin

‘One Step Behind the Seraphim‘, the film that concluded for me the Romanian Film Festival that took place this week in Israel, reminded me Pedro Almodóvar‘s “Bad Education” in many ways. Both films can be seen as recovery exercises from … Continue reading →

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pointless (film: Charleston – Andrei Cretulescu, 2017)

Posted on April 16, 2019 by admin

Ioana, the main character in ‘Charleston‘ directed by Andrei Cretulescu appears on the screen only in the first minute of the movie. We see her in a cafe, she gets a message on her phone, she runs out, turns the … Continue reading →

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bad luck as a way of life (Film: Ghinionistul – Iura Luncasu, 2017)

Posted on April 15, 2019 by admin

‘Ghinionistul‘ (‘The Unlucky’ or ‘The Bad Luck Guy’), the comedy directed by Iura Luncasu, which I saw at the Romanian Film Festival, organized in Israel these days, reminded me of the Romanian joke about the guy who after passing away … Continue reading →

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dangerous games (Film: Secretul Fericirii – Vlad Zamfirescu, 2018)

Posted on April 13, 2019 by admin

‘Secretul Fericirii‘ (‘The Secret of Happiness’), Vlad Zamfirescu‘s debut film was a blessed change of theme and atmosphere after the two ‘heavy’ movies, with political and historical themes, seen in the previous days of the Romanian Film Festival that takes … Continue reading →

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