Dommnișoara Aurica

Dommnișoara Aurica 1985

5.70

This movie is about the loneliness of an older lady at the end of WWII, in Bucharest. Her mental faculties are declining and she is increasingly living in her own mind.

1985

The Secret of Bacchus

The Secret of Bacchus 1984

7.73

Victor, an incisive journalist, discovers a series of irregularities in a State farming enterprise. His investigations will unmask the fraud committed by the person in charge of the wine section, called Bachus. Although aided by an impressive number of cronies, Bachus will not be able to hide forever infamous secret.

1984

At the Gates of Earth

At the Gates of Earth 1965

7.30

A group of geologists are in a prospecting expedition. Their personalities are explored as well.

1965

The Secret of Happiness

The Secret of Happiness 2018

6.64

For two friends there is only one secret to happiness, that is easy to understand, but, perhaps, difficult to accept.

2018

Virgo Sign

Virgo Sign 1967

6.00

In the fall, under the sign of Virgo, in a Dobrogea village, the harvest festival is in progress. An amateur troupe is playing a scene with Afrodite, Dionysos and Neptune; but also dome old shamanic dances. Dița and Dionis are preparing for wedding. But the sins of their parents will weigh heavily on them.

1967

Postcards with Wildflowers

Postcards with Wildflowers 1975

7.00

In 1970s Romania, Laura, a young architect, becomes pregnant by her married lover, Titel. Desperate and alone, she travels to a remote town for an illegal abortion. There, she meets Irina, a local girl who tries to change her mind. A quiet, devastating portrait of control, shame, and the cost of forbidden choices.

1975

Un oaspete la cină

Un oaspete la cină 1986

7.00

A love story between a worker and an architecture student from a well to do family that has to overcome prejudice.

1986

Family Jewels

Family Jewels 1958

7.00

A bourgeois family life in Romania around the time of the Great Peasant Uprising of 1907.

1958

The Gold Diggers

The Gold Diggers 1986

6.00

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.

1986

Niște băieți grozavi

Niște băieți grozavi 1987

6.30

A farm team-leader, Tudor, is accused for having failed the harvesting. Unhappy with what he considers an unfair verdict, he leaves the farm and moves to another village, getting a job as an ordinary worker in another farm. At first, he is upset by the very severe leader of that team, Mihai, but soon he discovers that his hard style is necessary to keep the work in good order and face all the problems. He also finds a bunch of great friends (the "Swell Guys" / "...baieti grozavi" in the title) and learns in what had consisted his own past mistakes. —Mihnea Columbeanu

1987

The Living Ones

The Living Ones 1970

1

What does it mean to “live” after experiencing war? Four Romanian survivors of the Afghanistan conflict share — for the first time — their invisible wounds and path to recovery.

1970

Of Snails and Men

Of Snails and Men 2012

6.59

One worker in a bankrupt factory finds an unusual solution to save his co-workers from unemployment. If it doesn't work the factory will be privatized and sold to a French company planning to convert the plant into a snail cannery. Only 300 of the 3000 workers will keep their jobs.

2012

Merriment Ward

Merriment Ward 1964

5.00

How a worker family living in a worker neighborhood of between wars Bucharest come involved with the communist movement.

1964

Alibaba

Alibaba 2023

6.00

A grandmother, a mother and her little girl meet at an oriental restaurant to negotiate the girl's transfer to a better school. Because they didn't manage to get the floating act, the grandmother calls her friend from a prestigious school to find out what the transfer possibilities are. After the phone call, the two women have to choose between a disability act, through which the niece will have to simulate a disability, or an ethnicity act which, as a consequence, will lead to the expulsion of a Roma child. Despite the grotesque bargain, the women end their lunch with a Turkish dessert

2023

The Cyclists Are Coming

The Cyclists Are Coming 1968

5.30

The humorous adventures of an all-male team of cyclists training for an upcoming important bike race.

1968

Red Apples

Red Apples 1976

6.70

In Alexandru Tatos’s debut film, a young urologist is assigned to a town hospital with no urology ward and keeps bumping up against his superiors because of both ethical and medical problems.

1976

Children Underground

Children Underground 2001

7.40

Children Underground follows the story of five street children, aged eight to sixteen who live in a subway station in Bucharest, Romania. The street kids are encountered daily by commuting adults, who pass them by in the station as they starve, swindle, and steal, all while searching desperately for a fresh can of paint to get high with.

2001

Guguta

Guguta 1970

1

A film based on Spiridon Vangeli's "The Adventures of Gugutse". It is about a boy Gugutse and his magic hat, which everyone could hide under in the frost.

1970

On My Responsibility

On My Responsibility 1956

7.75

A fashion designer creates an ugly model and he won't back down against all advice.

1956

Crulic: The Path to Beyond

Crulic: The Path to Beyond 2011

7.00

An animated feature-length documentary telling the story of the life of Crulic, a 33 year-old Romanian accused of having stolen a wallet from an important Polish judge. Crulic was brought to the Krakow Detention Center Custody prison. He decided to start a hunger strike from the day he was arrested, demanding a meeting with somebody from the Romanian Consulate.

2011