Little Ones Describe the Big World

Little Ones Describe the Big World 1960

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Little Ones Describe the Big World is not so much relevant as a sample of the directorial work of filmmaker Gabriel Barta as much as it is as an example of the early writing of one of Romania’s most peculiar and prolific writers, Radu Cosașu, who, at the time, worked closely with the Sahia studio after going through a difficult patch with the political establishment. The film is structured through the father-daughter dialogue written by Cosașu to lend colour and a narrative to the aforementioned exhibition. The style of his writing combines the wit, irony, and casual tone that have become his trademark: here, however, these qualities are put to work for the benefit of the socialist state’s political agenda.

1960

Heiduque

Heiduque 1985

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Follows the people's avenger, leading the fight against injustice and cruelty

1985

Ajde maestro

Ajde maestro 1970

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Musical documentary essay on Romanians in the metro in Paris in December 2004.

1970

Made in Teișani

Made in Teișani 2021

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An ethnographic film about rural Romanian life in the commune of Teișani, Prahova.

2021

Quietlands

Quietlands 2024

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A young queer woman finds herself in an inhospitable alternate world, and has to choose between conforming to the rules and hide her identity or accept her true identity and face the monsters that seek to destroy her.

2024

Yes Mom, Your Son is Gay

Yes Mom, Your Son is Gay 2022

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Before leaving for Paris to see his boyfriend, Daniel tells his mother that he is gay and that he has been in a relationship with him for almost a year.

2022

Asphalt

Asphalt 2024

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A former construction worker meticulously recounts the laborious process of paving roads. Shot on Super 8mm, the film reflects on the origins of the roads we travel every day. A vague memory of the hot days when a stretch turns into a vital artery while the air vibrates turbulently.

2024

15

15 1970

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1970

Sisyphus

Sisyphus 2015

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"Sisyphus" is a take on insignificance, repetition and the invisible chains that bind us to the routine of our daily lives.

2015

Undefeated Love

Undefeated Love 1994

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Neglected and misunderstood by her family, disgusted by the frivolity of a provincial town's closed world, without any other horizon but casual sex as a pass-time, the sensitive and prude Magdalena Lazar hopes to find her fulfillment in the romance with her platonic boyfriend, the cadet Cezar Juravlea.

1994

AUGUST 23, 1944/2019

AUGUST 23, 1944/2019 2019

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On August 23rd, 1944, the fascist regime was taken down and Romania changed sides in World War II. 75 years later, inside the Jewish Retirement Home, four of the last survivors of racial persecutions reflect upon the personal and political significance of the event. The different attitudes of the protagonists, their passionate debates and irresolvable conflicts reflect the diversity of the Jewish survivors` experiences, the cleavages in the community and the Romanian society as a whole, as well as the importance and controversy of the events in 1944.

2019

Mihai Is Robbed

Mihai Is Robbed 1970

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Mihai goes out to run and has several encounters that trigger out his social anxiety.

1970