Vulturii din Țaga

He takes care of the pitch markings and desperately tries to get his eleven players together for the next match though they’re all attending weddings or are otherwise required to lend a hand somewhere in the neighbourhood. Nelu Târnovan, himself a former player, today keeps his club alive. The Eagles from Țaga, Transylvania, are considered to be one of Romania's worst football teams. And nevertheless: at an international tournament in Slovakia they perform well; there is obviously a real togetherness within the team. And for directing duo Iulian Manuel Ghervas and Adina Popescu that’s ultimately the point: to explore the very everyday aspects of life in this rural community. Where the insight that everything will continue as usual also means a certain assurance. Far removed from haughty urban glances and romantic transfiguration, a true-to-life provincial portrait emerges; a sympathetic observation that puts a lot of time aside for interpersonal detail, in the process time and again stumbling upon absurd everyday situations, and yet always treats its protagonists as equals.

Text: Bernd Buder

Weltspiegel Saal 2: Original version with English subtitles Kammerbühne/Serienlounge: original version with English subtitles