A long weekend by the Black Sea. Bogdan, having only recently become a father, wants to finally enjoy some peace and quiet together with his family. On the beach however the couple find themselves talking past one another, having grown apart via the contrasting experiences of everyday working life and caring for a newborn child. The sudden appearance of old college friends forces Bogdan to make a decision: family life or a retrospective dive into postpuberty. He decides for the latter, but no longer finds the self-fulfilment he once did.
This intimate study evolves with almost documentary incisiveness, unobtrusive in observation and yet almost depressingly close to the emotions generated by the protagonists' life crises.
35mm | Farbe / colour
Radu Muntean, Alexandru Baciu, Răzvan Rădulescu
Tudor Lucaciu
Dragoş Stanomir
Sorin Dima
Electric Brother
Dragoş Bucur, Anamaria Marinca, Mimi Brănescu, Adrian Văncică, Vlad Muntean, Roxana Iancu, Geanina Varga
Maximums Films
Deanne Sowter
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Toronto ON M4W 1Z1
Canada
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Radu Muntean - born 1971 in Bucharest. Graduated in 1994 from the Bucharest Theatre & Film Academy. Has shot more than 400 commercials, for which he has been rewarded with numerous accolades. His second feature-length film HÎRTIA VA FI ALBASTRĂ featured at over 60 festivals.
SI EI SUNT AI NOSTRI (1992, doc)
LINDENFELD 1994 (1994, doc)
EA (1994, short)
TRAGICA POVESTE DE DRAGOSTE A CELOR DOI (1996, short, Cottbus 2006)
VIATA E IN ALTA PARTE (1996, doc)
FURIA (2002)
HÎRTIA VA FI ALBASTRĂ (2006, Special Prize, Cottbus 2006)