The Romanian Cultural Institute in Tel Aviv and the Embassy of Romania to the State of Israel proudly invite you to the Francophonie Film Week which will take place between March 13-17, at the Holon Cinematheque. During the program there will be screened, with Hebrew subtitles, films from Romania, France, Switzerland, Canada, Belgium, Cyprus, Ivory Coast and Greece.
With the support of the Romanian Cultural Institute in Tel Aviv, the film "Why me?", directed by Tudor Giurgiu, will represent Romania and will be screened as part of the official program of the event on March 16th, at 18:00.
Why me? (2015, 125 minutes, Hebrew and English subtitles)
Wednesday, 16.03.2016, at 18:00, Holon Cinematheque (6 Golda Meir St.)
Tickets: 03- 5021555 or online http://www.mediatheque.org.il/broadcast/movie.aspx?s=2&Z18vrVQ=FJJH
Director: Tudor Giurgiu
Cast: Emilian Oprea, Mihai Constantin, Andreea Vasile, Alin Florea
Details: http://www.librafilm.net/film/why-me-de-ce-eu-2015
Synopsis: Based on real events, "Why Me?" tells the story of Cristian (played by Emilian Oprea), a young idealistic prosecutor whose career is on the rise, tries to crack a case against a senior colleague accused of corruption. The dilemma of choosing between his career and the truth weighs heavily on his shoulders. Looking further to solve the case, he enters a danger zone paved with unexpected and painful revelations.
Tudor Giurgiu: "A film so strongly grounded in reality can be made in a thousand ways. I am very much preoccupied with disassembling the mechanisms by which a man, who is strong both physically as well as figuratively, can come to take his own life within no more than 20 days. What internal mechanism is activated, when you find that the entire system within which you are working is corrupt and rotten to its very core? This is a film about the quick disintegration of a man who has chosen to fight the system from within".
The International Day of the Francophonie has been celebrated worldwide each year on March 20, since 1998. The French Embassy and the French Institute, in collaboration with institutions of the various francophone states, are organizing a series of cultural events in Israel, under the title "The Days of the Francophonie".
This year, joining France (the French Institute in Israel and the French Embassy) in the celebrations are: Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, Greece, Switzerland, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Ivory Coast, the Republic of Congo, Cameroon and Romania.
The complete program of the Francophonie Film Week:
Sunday, 13.03.2016, at 20:30 - Felix et Meira (Canada, 2014, director: Maxime Giroux)
Tuesday, 15.03.2016:
at 17:00 - Aya de Yopougon (Ivory Coast, 2010, director: Marguerite Abouet)
at 19:00 - Impressions of a drowned man (Cyprus, 2015, director: Kyros Papavassiliou)
at 21:00 - My sweet canary (Greece, 2011, director: Roy Sher)
Wednesday, 16.03.2016:
at 18:00 - Why me? (Romania, 2015, director: Tudor Giurgiu)
at 20:30 - L'homme qu'on aimait trop (France, 2014, director: Andre Techine)
Thursday, 17.03.2016:
at 19:00 - 38 temoins (Belgium, 2010, director: Lucas Belvaux)
at 21:00 - Les grandes ondes (Switzerland, 2013, director: Lionel Baier)
