Composed of six unconventional vignettes, each one dealing with the late communist period in Romania, a narrative is told through its urban myths from the perspective of ordinary people. The title refers to the alluded "Golden Age" of the last 15 years of Ceaușescu's regime.
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.
In 19th century Wallachia war-bands of Ottoman Turks from across the Danube river raid Wallachia with impunity, while Wallachia's Phanariote rulers don't oppose them.
A Romanian drama‑comedy that follows a group of ordinary people whose lives become unexpectedly interconnected after a small event sets off a chain reaction of coincidences. Set in a modern Romanian town, the film blends humor and emotion as it explores how chance, timing, and minor decisions shape the characters’ futures. Each storyline reveals a different idea of what it means to be lucky: • escaping trouble, • finding love, • getting a second chance, • or simply learning to appreciate what you already have. As the characters’ paths cross in unexpected ways, the film highlights how fortune can appear in disguise — sometimes arriving as chaos, sometimes as opportunity. Ultimately, movie offers a warm, human portrait of everyday people discovering meaning in life’s unpredictable moments.
In the communist Romania of Nicolae Ceausescu, a young Romanian woman marries a German citizen just to leave the country.
Three teenage friends struggle with the challenges of school while trying to keep a well-hidden secret: they are mermaids. When their secret is exposed on social media, they embark on a journey to a secret island, where they hope to give up their magical powers. Their adventure is full of surprises and the unexpected, and the girls discover what truly matters in life.
Film director, Andrei, and his girlfriend, Paula, face the news of becoming parents. While the future mother is struggling with no worthy role models, the soon-to-be father must reconcile with the figure of his own father, now a monk on Mount Athos.
Four soldiers of different nationalities serve in small garrison on the territory of post-war Germany.
One night, just before the holidays, in an empty park, two small-time thugs hold up a strange looking man. Where's the Christmas spirit?
Darclee is a lead singer for an opera company in Romania with a heavy load of responsibility. It seems the company is in dire need of a decent physical structure for their performances and a brace -- or more -- of good singers to improve their image and sales. In other words, they need just about everything except an excellent lead singer; Darclee fills that bill. And so the company rather unfairly leans on her to get the people and the funds they so desperately want.
The story of Victor, a 45-year-old rocker, whose love for his son Florin go beyond what is socially and morally acceptable. The father's everyday life is orbiting around his son, a drug addict.
A lonely, selfish and proud doctor receives a bouquet of flowers one day that sets him on fire. An unassuming cab driver, a family man and devoted colleague, helps him to identify the sender and find himself.
An ex-convict struggles to survive by brute force alone in a turn-of-the-century slum in Bucharest. Codine is the thug who served 10 years for murdering a friend. He returns home to his miserly mother, whose penny-pinching ways infuriate her son. A young boy looks up to Codine, and through the man's eyes he sees the economic and social injustices from an adult perspective. When Codine kills another man who violated his trust, his mother becomes more unhinged and paranoid. Thinking her son will steal her hoarded money, she plots to kill her only son. The impressionable child watches in horror and amazement at the cruel machinations of the adult work that surrounds him.
After working this weekend at a factory, three friends put money together to go on an unforgettable escape to Bucharest.
While on his way for a business meeting, Tudor is having an unexpected 30 minutes break, because of the impossible traffic. He’s got enough time to have a coffee, to talk a little about his beloved little girl and to take a picture.
1999. Kosovo War. In a small Romanian village, the chief of the railway station, who also happens to be a local gangster, stops a NATO train transporting military equipment. Their arrival in this small village dramatically changes its landscape.
Child's Pose is a contemporary drama focusing on the relationship between a mother and her 32-year-old son. After the accidental killing of a boy in a car crash, the mother tries to prevent her son being charged for the death, and she refuses to accept that her son is a grown-up man.
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.
The last part of the triptych dedicated to the outlaw Șaptecai and episode 6 of the Outlaws series. In the Week of Fools, Anghel's band exchanges Lady Ralu's dowry for arms for Tudor of Vladimiri's army, which they decide to join. Although captured by Mamoulos and savagely tortured by his men, Șaptecai escapes from the dungeon and goes on his way. With the help of Anița, the Răspopitul, Parpanghel and other fellow outlaws, Anghel finally sees his dream come true.
The Voice of Romania is a Romanian reality talent show that started in September 2011. It is part of the international syndication The Voice based on the reality singing competition launched in the Netherlands as The Voice of Holland, created by Dutch television producer John de Mol. The judging panel is Smiley, Tudor Chirila, Loredana Groza and Marius Moga with Pavel Bartoș presenter, Roxana Ionescu as Co-presenters and Vlad Roșca in backstage. In second season Roxana Ionescu was replaced with singer and actress Nicoleta Luciu. One of the important premises of the show is the quality of the singing talent. Four coaches, themselves popular performing artists, train the talents in their group and occasionally perform with them. Talents are selected in blind auditions, where the coaches cannot see, but only hear the auditioner.
Marele câștigator is an Romanian reality game show that debuted on Antena 1 September 23, 2010. The show features obese people competing to win a cash prize by losing the highest percentage of weight relative to their initial weight.
