Section: Feature Film Competition

La limita de jos a cerului

the unsaved

Igor Cobileanski
Romania, Moldova, 2012, 80 Min
Saga Film

Viorel is in his early twenties and lives together with his mother in a remote provincial town in the Republic of Moldova. Together with his friend, who goes by the nickname of Goose, he deals marijuana. Viorel is unambitious; he only accepts a job at the police canteen organised by the local head of police and once colleague of his late father, as his mother threatens to otherwise throw him out of the house. Goose's sole passion is a home-made hand glider, with which despite numerous attempts he never actually manages to fly. Only when he falls in love with hairdresser Maria, the girlfriend of Goose's former fellow dealer, does Viorel finally find the motivation to take matters into his own friends. His decisions, however, have serious consequences.

With LA LIMITA DE JOS A CERULUI the Moldovan director Igor Cobileanski presents a stylistically consistent, sombre cinema début characterised by its realism, recurrent flashes of humour and outstanding cast. Cobileanski wrote the script together with the Romanian director Corneliu Porumboiu, winner of the Golden Palm for A FOST SAU N-A FOST? (12:08 EAST OF BUCHAREST).The expressive camera work was in turn carried out by renowned Romanian cameraman Oleg Mutu, winner of the Golden Palm for 4 LUNI, 3 SĂPTĂMÂNI ȘI 2 ZILE (4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS AND 2 DAYS).

Filmformat
DCP | Farbe / colour
Drehbuch
Corneliu Porumboiu, Igor Cobileanski
Kamera
Oleg Mutu
Ton
Alexandru Dragomir, Sebastian Zsemlye
Schnitt
Eugen Kelemen, Cristina Ionescu
Ausstattung
Adrian Suruceanu
Darsteller
Igor Babiac, Ela Ionescu, Sergiu Voloc, Igor Caras
Produzent
Alexandru Teodorescu
Kontakt
Saga Film
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Romania
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Igor Cobileanski

Igor Cobileanski - born 1974 Comrat, Moldavian SSR, USSR. He attended the University of Theatre and Film in Bucharest. Cobileanski has written and directed award winning short films and documentaries, which have collected best film awards at the major Romanian Film Festivals. His latest work COLECŢIA DE AROME (2013) is represented at this year’s FilmFestival Cottbus short film competition.

Movies
MURIND PENTRU MADRID (1999, short, doc)
LEGENDELE ȚIPOVEI (1999, short, doc)
RĂSĂRITUL BĂLȚILOR (1999, short, doc)
CÂND SE STINGE LUMINA (2005, short)
SASA, GRISA ŞI ION (2006, short)
(PLICTIS) ŞI INSPIRAŢIE (2007, short)
TACHE (2008, TV)
COLECŢIA DE AROME (2013, Cottbus 2013)