Tag Archives: Romanian cinema

the distructive power of love (Film: Pozitia copilului – Calin Peter Netzer, 2013)

Posted on May 23, 2013 by admin

With Pozitia Copilului (Child’s Pose)  the Romanian cinema seems to complete a cycle that started almost a decade ago with Moartea Domnului Lazarescu (The Death of Mr. Lazarescu). The path was marked by a number of prizes at important cinema … Continue reading →

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Onoarea sergentului Ion (Film: Medalia de onoare – Peter Călin Netzer, 2009)

Posted on January 10, 2013 by admin

Daca filmul acesta ar fi fost facut acum vrei zece ani ar fi fost considerat un eveniment cinematografic. In 2000 sau 2002, inainte de ‘Moartea Domnului Lazarescu’ si de ‘4 luni, 3 saptamani si 2 zile’ un film care sa … Continue reading →

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uneasy rest (Film: The Human Resources Manager – Eran Riklis, 2010)

Posted on January 2, 2013 by admin

The Hebrew name of the film is a little longer than the one chosen by the distributors for the English version. It reads ‘The Mission of the Human Resources Manager’ and actually the word used is ‘shlihut’ which has a … Continue reading →

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In miez de Romanie (Film: Dupa dealuri – Cristian Mungiu, 2012)

Posted on October 1, 2012 by admin

This film review is about the most recent film of Cristian Mungiu Beyond the Hills (Dupa dealuri), presented at the Cannes Festival this year, which I saw last night at the Haifa International Film Festival. I apologize to my non-Romanian … Continue reading →

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Allergies in Times of War (Film: Gruber’s Journey – Radu Gabrea, 2008)

Posted on September 15, 2012 by admin

In director Radu Gabrea‘s Gruber’s Journey the Romanian cinema gets it’s first film seriously approaching the painful theme of the episodes of the Holocaust that took place in Romania between 1940 when the dictator Ion Antonescu took power (in collaboration … Continue reading →

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Film: Eu sunt Adam! (Dan Pita, 1996)

Posted on September 12, 2011 by admin

‘Eu sunt Adam!’ (‘I am Adam!’) is a 1001 nights story that takes place in the inferno. The role of Seherazada is played by a professor of music in the 1950s, the years of the worst repression under the Communist … Continue reading →

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Film: Nunta muta (Horatiu Malaele, 2008)

Posted on May 10, 2011 by admin

I have known Horatiu Malaele as one of the young and gifted actors of the Romanian theater. Having left Romania 26 years ago I could see him now and then in movies or TV theater, and heard only sporadic news … Continue reading →

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Alex Leo Serban (1959 – 2011)

Posted on April 9, 2011 by admin

Cand la inceput de deceniu cinematografia romaneasca incepuse sa dea semne de renastere am inceput sa caut pe Internet vesti si cronici pentru a urmari si intelege aceste fenomen. Imediat mi-a sarit in ochi semnatura lui Alex Leo Serban, un … Continue reading →

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Film: Duminica la ora 6 (Lucian Pintilie, 1965)

Posted on October 23, 2010 by admin

In his book 4 Decades, 3 Years and 2 Months with the Romanian Cinema the Romanian film critic Alex Leo Serban considers Duminica la ora 6 (Sunday at 6 o’clock) as an extreme case of difference between content and form … Continue reading →

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Film: Marti, dupa Craciun (Radu Muntean – 2010)

Posted on October 9, 2010 by admin

I have previously seen only the first film of director Radu Muntean – Furia (The Anger) made in 2002 – and I remember it as a very different kind of film. The style was dynamic and dramatic, and the theme … Continue reading →

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