TALES FROM THE GOLDEN AGE
AMINTIRI DIN EPOCA DE AUR
Directors: Hanno Höffer, Marculescu, Cristian Mungiu, Popescu, Ioana Uricaru
Cast: Alexandru Potocean, Birau, Ion Sapdaru, Diana Cavallioti, Vlad Ivanov, Calin Chirila
Romania, 2009
35 mm / Colour / 155'
Romanian; Turkish s.t. E 22 Th. 16.00 / GM 24 Sa. 16.00 / E 25 Su. 16.00
The final 15 years of the Ceausescu regime were the worst in Romania's history. Nonetheless, the propaganda machine of the time referred to that period as “The Golden Age”... Comic, bizarre, surprising myths abounded, myths that drew on the often surreal events of everyday life under the communist regime. Humor is what kept Romanians alive, and Tales from the Golden Age aims to re-capture that mood, portraying the survival of a nation having to face every day the twisted logic of a dictatorship. Premiering in May at the Un Certain Regard section in Cannes, this portmanteau film combines several true stories to portray an era during which food was more important than money, freedom more important than love and survival more important than principles. |
