Few know what happened, in fact, on August 23, 1944, and who were the main actors of change. Words like "coup", "war" and "communists" are used often in the same sentence, without knowing anything about the courage that a king nor 23 had when it was across Hitler's plan.
Two souls walk abreast along the road that links a grandmother's birthday with a grandfather's grave. Down the narrow road that forces them to interact, a change takes place as the mother-daughter relationship morphs into a rocky new mother-son tie.
The documentary presents the life and research of Emil Racovita, one of the first Antarctic explorers, a pioneer of oceanology and the founder of a new science, the bio-speleology. He created in Cluj the first Institute of Speleology in the world. Using photographs made by Emil Racovita in Antarctica, the film focuses mainly on the Belgica expedition (1897-1899), the first scientific expedition who wintered in Antarctica, having Roald Amundsen, Frederick Cook on board and Adrien de Gerlache as captain.
Alina returns home unannounced, a day before her sister Ioana's crucial exam. Unable to reach their hospitalized mother, Ioana grows anxious. Alina's odd behavior sparks a fight. Ioana goes to the hospital, forcing Alina to tell the truth.
Eva flies back from France expecting a simple funeral. What she gets is a hunchbacked grandma, a furious village priest, and a coffin that just won’t fit. With the church refusing to bend and the body refusing to straighten, Eva is forced to navigate small-town absurdities, family pressure, and funeral logistics that defy common sense.
In order to cure his patients, a doctor makes a show using mad people, presented to other mad people. From innocent games, the show gradually leads to unsetting occurences.
In the ruins of a religious building, a council-orchestra of elders sits enthroned in carved chairs in the abandoned space marked by the passage of time. A military band crosses the empty streets of a residential neighborhood and attracts people, chairs and buildings like a vacuum cleaner in its festive and monotonous cadence. A young star who keeps waiting ends tragically in the middle of the crowd gathered to witness the performance.
While waiting for her teenage son, Tia works around the house and organizes her memories. The film is composed of small domestic moments with the two, overlaid with glimpses of images and sounds recalled by the protagonist - tensed scenes from the factory, letters from her late husband, photos from when she was little. A certain childhood episode keeps coming back and overlaps a meeting with a familiar-looking man, whom Tia doesn't want to make future plans with.
Petru and Iosif spend the night in a countryside cabin, where, between YouTube tutorials on milking cows and homemade wine, they begin to test the boundaries of their friendship.
When a meat factory worker tries to apply for a new job at the company's central headquarters, two worlds collide! Brebenel is now torn between joining the soulless machinery of the corporate world for financial incentives, or turn back to the fragile, but alive, world of the simple man.
A young nationalist and AUR (Alliance for the Union of Romanians) supporter goes to visit his friends in Bucharest, to convince them to go to the December 1st Parade. During the evening, the group of friends have discussions about the political situation in the country and get drunk. The next morning, none of them make it to the parade.
A romantic anniversary at a hotel goes thoroughly off track for Laura and Marius – in this chaos, there is no space for real passion. With charisma, sharp wit, and a warm undertone, this comedy skewers bourgeois sensibilities while raising the ultimate question: what does it take to spark the missing adventure in love?
"The Power of Love" is the sequel to the film "The Power of Probability". A drama, thriller, full of emotions. A story that tells the heroic confrontation of an honest man against the mafia.
At the end of summer, Maya, a teenager fresh out of high school, reminisces about her childhood after an argument with her mother, who opposes her desire to study abroad. Guided by the appearance of her younger self, she finds the courage to move forward.
Short promotional clip of the legendary Athenée Palace, Leonard Suciu’s film plays out as a pop-infused showcase of the venue’s nocturnal temptations. Scantily clad dancers, sweaty singers, and all sorts of bacchic attractions—seasoned with a psychedelic soundtrack—recreate a Western-style atmosphere where spectators (both men and women) lounge in the cigarette-smoked chiaroscuro, while the performers lay themselves bare to indiscreet, hungry gazes in search of exotic thrills.
