François Villon: The Maverick Poet

François Villon: The Maverick Poet 1987

5.00

The film is a novelized biography of François Villon (1431-1463), known as the Wandering Poet, who led a troubled life due to the fact that he supported the free expression of people in a coercive climate.

1987

Horia

Horia 2024

9.00

Restless teenager Horia takes off on his father's old motorbike in a cross-country journey to reunite with his love. On the road, he is joined by Stela, a sassy 13-year-old, and an unlikely friendship blooms.

2024

Where are you Bucharest?

Where are you Bucharest? 2014

6.20

What does a retired police officer, a dog trainer, the founder of a political party and anti-government protesters have in common? They've all met on the streets of Bucharest, 23 years after the Romanian Revolution, determined to reclaim the public space. Vlad Petri is following their stories for one year, from the first days of the anti-government protests to the final days of the Referendum against the President. The film raises questions about the role of the public space, the power of the individual and the understanding of democracy in a society caught between a communist past and an uncertain future.

2014

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

Cloistered Sister

Cloistered Sister 2025

2.00

36-year-old Stela has higher education but unable to keep a job. Since she was 12, she's been in love with a Serbian musician from the former Yugoslavia. One of the musician's alleged mistresses promises Stela that she will help her meet her idol.

2025

Doar amintirile...

Doar amintirile... 1989

1

Inspired by Bedros Horasangian's series of short stories, the film focuses on the dissolution of a couple, seen from two perspectives. Episodes from the married life of a playwright mingle with their dramatized version, rehearsed on scene by a couple of actors, thus amplifying the communication issues and the distance between the partners. Featuring a simple and efficient mise-en-scéne, the film is built like a feminine monologue in two voices, counterpointed by the helpless, stubborn silence in which the two protagonists retreat.

1989

Ecce Homo Brâncoveanu

Ecce Homo Brâncoveanu 2024

1

A parable about honor and true character, inspired by the reality of the 18th century. Constantin Brâncoveanu preferred to be beheaded in Constantinople alongside his four sons - Constantin, Stefan, Radu, and Matei - as well as by his counselor Ianache Vacarescu, instead of renouncing the Christian faith.

2024

Microphone Test

Microphone Test 1980

7.50

A television cameraman and his subject find themselves in the middle of an intertwined professional and personal dilemma.

1980

The Avalanche

The Avalanche 1959

6.70

The story of the rescue of workers trapped in a snow avalanche in a remote mountain cabin.

1959

Double

Double 2016

5.80

The drama follows a promising young architect as he tries to balance his personal life with the burdens of his career.

2016

Bless You, Prison

Bless You, Prison 2002

5.80

Based on Nicole Valery-Grossu's European best seller autobiographic novel "Bless you, prison", the film is a true story, with real events and characters. A young intellectual woman, Nicole is arrested. There follow three months of exhausting interrogation and isolation. Alone in a cell, she undergoes a spiritual experience similar to that of the great mystics.

2002

To the North

To the North 2025

6.00

Based on a true story. 1996, open sea. During his shift on a transatlantic ship’s deck, Joel, a religious Filipino sailor, discovers Dumitru, a Romanian stowaway hidden between some containers. If he is spotted by the Taiwanese officers running the vessel, Dumitru is at risk to be thrown overboard. Joel decides to hide him, as a sign of his gratitude towards God. Soon, a dangerous cat and mouse game begins. When his crew, his own friends, even God itself start to turn their backs on him, Joel learns that he has to face his cruel destiny alone.

2025

Toto and his Sisters

Toto and his Sisters 2014

7.70

Totonel (10) and his sisters, Andreea (14) and Ana (17), are waiting for their mother to come back home from prison. As they grow up, each of them learns how to survive on their own, hoping that when their mother returns, the family will be reunited.

2014

Then I Sentenced Them All to Death

Then I Sentenced Them All to Death 1972

7.10

A young boy is adopted by a priest and his wife during the Nazi occupation of Romania during the Second World War. He befriends the village idiot, who's despised by everyone else. When a German is killed in the last days of the war, the village is threatened with total destruction unless the murderer is handed over. The villagers decide to hand over the idiot.

1972

Love 1. Dog

Love 1. Dog 2018

5.50

A solitary mountain man finds a young woman who has been beaten and abandoned in the woods. He makes her the object of his passion, but her dark past catches up on them.

2018

Carol I

Carol I 2009

8.20

The last days of the first Romanian king, Carol I of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, and the tough decisions he had to make in the summer of 1914 in order to please both Romanian Parliament and his relatives from the German Empire.

2009

Angela Goes On

Angela Goes On 1982

6.00

One woman taxi driver in Bucharest is hoping for a conventional relationship.

1982

Felix and Otilia

Felix and Otilia 1972

6.00

Young Felix moves into his eccentric uncle’s house and is immediately drawn to the enigmatic Otilia, a free-spirited woman who lives by her own rules. Love, inheritance games, decaying mansions, and fragile hearts collide in this elegant adaptation of George Călinescu’s novel Enigma Otiliei.

1972

The Encounter

The Encounter 1982

6.50

This film si about the sabotage of a Nazi fluvial transport on the Danube during WWII.

1982