Operation 'The Bus' 1978
In 1950 a Western spy is clandestinely parachuted into Communist Romania to retrieve secret WW2 codes and agent lists and also to assist a group of anti-Communist guerrillas escape but the Communist police is setting a trap.
In 1950 a Western spy is clandestinely parachuted into Communist Romania to retrieve secret WW2 codes and agent lists and also to assist a group of anti-Communist guerrillas escape but the Communist police is setting a trap.
In Communist Romania, an Orthodox priest, ex-political prisoner, becomes the only voice that can be heard in an oppressive silence. His sermons represent a spiritual revolution and a calling towards a national awakening. the hierarchy of the church betrays him and the atheist state send him to prison. father gheorghe calciu dumitreasa becomes the symbol of the resistance in front of the demon with ideological face.
First of 2 films set during the 18th century in the mountains of Wallachia, about a band of outlaws aiming to undermine the rule of the Phanariots and the Ottomans. The story evolves around the two stepbrothers who lead this band, Sarbu and Amza, with their complex and violent relationship.
Three friends set out to find partners so they won’t have to go alone to their 10‑year high school reunion. Along the way, they meet a man with traditionalist views, and the story turns into a difficult confrontation between feminism and misogyny. In a world where a simple online comment can change destinies, the two sides fight without either emerging victorious.
In a poor village near the Transnistrian border, after the war of 1992, there is a mined field, still active. Zinca and Victor, two Moldavian children suddenly lose the cows on the mined territory and try to get them back.
Old man John Tarwater and young lawyer Elam Harnish, gripped by the "gold fever" leave for Alaska, embarking on the adventure of a new hard and torturous life, which, due to famine, John Tarwater falls victim to.
The Romanian army faces the German army in the epic battles of Marasti, Marasesti and Oituz, marking a turning point in World War 1.
Maria Tanase was Clery's wife for 13 years until the day she died. But her great and true love was Alfred de Chastelain, with whom she lived the most beautiful love story. Who was Maria Tanase?
"Post Restant" is about two engineers: Puiu (Iurie Darie), a quite shy character, and Dan (Ion Dichiseanu) an alpha male type. They receive a letter from Liliana, a letter which is actually meant for the former apartment owner. Puiu replies to the letter, although he does not know the sender. The mail exchange goes on and the two fall eventually in love. Being less self-confident, when the time comes to see Liliana in the flesh Puiu asks Dan to meet her and pretend to be the one who wrote the letters.
It is 1944, german troops are in retreat. These troops were using a communication station and a cypher. The mission is to acquire the cypher...
An uncompromising journalist obsessed with the idea of absolute justice ends up committing suicide after reading his father's biography. Based on three novels by Camil Petrescu.
At the Bucharest Circus, the new young manager is trying to solve the major financial issues of the company by selling its only bear (old and about to die soon) to German hunters. But the artists do not want to sacrifice their favorite animal so the manager decides to steal the bear and run to the mountains to meet the Germans. A crazy road movie starts following the bear.
The childhood of a sixteen-year-old dreamer was spent in a shack with an always-drunk father. The only joy for the boy was walking to the pier, where he imagined himself as the captain of a brigantine sailing across the distant and mysterious sea. One night, he secretly left home and sailed away on a steamship, embarking on a journey filled with romantic and beautiful adventures. This marked the beginning of the unfulfilled journey of the writer Alexander Grin.
A lunatic conductor-director brings to light a kaleidoscope of characters from a kind of insect. Comedy in "zig-zag" from smile to laugh, inspired by a book by humorist Valentin Silvestru.
The film is submerging in the world of YouTube and internet amateur-made-films posting through the eyes of Bahoi, one of Romania's most viewed filmmakers. The first part of the movie deeply analysis his films by going to his hometown village in Romania, Peninsula, and meeting Bahoi's most famous characters. Also through Bahoi's own words we are trying to find out why is he filming so much brilliant material, why is he posting it on the internet and how he took this passion with him to the West. In the second part we are traveling along with Bahoi throughout Europe to discover more talented people and make some sense of this huge boom in filmmaking.
Virgil is a successful Romanian businessman. However, in the realm of emotions, things are not as one might expect. Following three marriages, he has ended up with nine children whom he is raising with the help of three nannies.
After two years spent as a student in Boston, a 22-year-old visits his native Moldova. It is April 2009. People gather in the streets of Chisinau, the call having spread through social networking sites. They are demonstrating against the communist authorities who falsified the election results. They seize and plunder the parliament and presidential buildings. The demonstrators carry away documents, furniture and office equipment. Our protagonist is coming from a friend's home carrying his own computer monitor. He is mistaken for a demonstrator, brutally beaten up by the police and taken to the police station. His interrogator is an experienced major. The authorities can do anything. Based on real events, the film asks questions about freedom, justice and the price of human life.
Stefan, the only surgeon available, takes on one final patient after working a 31-hour shift. In what should have been a simple procedure the 8-year old boy dies on the table. In this powerful short, the corrupt Romanian health care system is put under close scrutiny upon the backdrop of sorrow, payoffs and threats.
The film is a continuation of the story of Tom Sawyer and his friends, the second part of the Romanian screenplay after the famous novel by Mark Twain. The three friends Tom, Huck and Becky continue their adventures full of puzzles and suspense.