Romanian movies you should not miss - first part
Romanian cinema has started to become well known abroad after numerous movies directed by Romanians and produced locally received awards at international film festivals. Romania-insider.com starts a series presenting must-see Romanian…
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Romanian cinema has started to become well known abroad after numerous movies directed by Romanians and produced locally received awards at international film festivals. Romania-insider.com starts a series presenting must-see Romanian movies released after the fall of communism. This week we are looking at ten of the most recent Romanian movies you should not miss.(watch trailers below; follow movie title link to read more about the movie on the Internet Movie database - IMDb) 'Tuesday after Christmas' (Marti dupa Craciun), 2010
directed by Radu Muntean, 2010; Paul Hanganu loves two women. Adriana his wife and the mother of their daughter, the woman with whom he's shared the thrills of the past ten years, and Raluca the woman who has made him redefine himself. He has to leave one of them before Christmas.
'If I want to whistle, I whistle' (Eu cand vreau sa fluier, fluier), 2010
directed by Florin Serban, 2010; Two weeks before his release, a teenage prisoner learns that his mother has returned home. Meanwhile, he finds himself in love with a student working in the penitentiary as an intern. Awarded at the Berlin Film Festival
'The concert'(Concertul – Le Concert), 2009
directed by Radu Mihaileanu, 2009; comedy about a group of Russia musicians who go to Paris to perform in the place of the current Bolshoi orchestra; Nominated and awarded at the Cezar Awards in France
'Tales from the Golden Age' (Amintiri din epoca de aur), 2009
directed by Cristian Mungiu, Hanno Hofer, Razvan Marculescu, Constantin Popescu, Ioana Uricariu, 2009; an unconventional personal history of the late Communist period in Romania.
