Romania | 2006 | col | 92min | dir. Radu Muntean | with: Paul Ipate, Adi Carauleanu, Andi Vasluianu and Dragos Bucur In Romanian with English subtitles.
Costi, a conscript who managed to do his military service in Bucharest thanks to his well-connected father, believes that it is his duty, after so many years of dictatorship, to fight Ceausescu's supporters, irrespective of the orders of his superiors. His arrogance and stubbornness bring him into conflict with Lieutenant Neagu, and taking advantage of a dispute with group of protesters he goes AWOL. Despite Neagu's threats, Costi heads to the TV station to fight for the revolution. It's a night of madness in which soldiers receive orders via television from poets and actors, radios transmit garbled signals, guns are distributed to civilians and gipsies are arrested as Arab terrorists. (from www.hartiavafialbastra.ro)
The film won the prize for the best film at EURASIA International Film Festival in Antalya, 2006; the Special Prize of the Jury at the Namur International French-Speaking Film Festival, 2006; and two awards at the Sarajevo Film Festival in 2006: Special Prize of the jury and the CICAE Prize.
The screening will be followed by a Q&A session with scriptwriter Alexandru Baciu.
Radu Muntean (b. 1971) is a Romanian film director, scriptwriter and also a central figure of the Romanian New Wave. Selected filmography: Tuesday, After Christmas (2010), Boogie (2008), Furia (2002). His latest film, Tuesday, After Christmas was screened at the Cannes Festival, 2010 and also the Leeds Film Festival, 2010.
Alexandru Baciu (b. 1977) is a Romanian scriptwriter, his filmography including Life Principles (2010), Tuesday, After Christmas (2010), Gruber's Journey (2008), Boogie (2008).
Romanian Cinematheque is a partnership with the National Centre for Cinematography in Romania (CNC)
When: Thu 16 December, 7pm; Where: Romanian Cultural Institute London. Free entrance. To attend please email office@icr-london.co.uk or call 0207 752 0134. Early booking recommended.
