In case some were still in doubt back it 2007, Cristian Mungiu’s Palme d’Or for 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days was the definite sign that the Wave had arrived and that it was soaring high. The film went on to receive wide distribution in over 60 countries and made numerous international critics’ top ten lists for both the years 2007 and 2008. It has been read as a critique of the Ceausescu regime and as taking some stance or other in relation to abortion. Mungiu uses one long take per scene, the position and the panning movements of the hand held camera are crucial to the film’s heightened sense of naturalism. The dialogues are tense but the drama is in the silences.
Another very interesting Romanian film is The Way I Spent the End of the World (2006). Catalin Mitulescu’s short film Trafic (2004) was one of the first Romanian productions to be prized in Cannes. His feature follow-up is a bittersweet and gentle story which follows a family’s aspirations up to, and just after, the fall of the dictatorship. Even though the downfall of the regime may be an unsurprising backdrop, it celebrates an innocence that is hard to come by in this family of Romanian movies. Catalin Mitulescu’s short film Trafic (2004) was one of the first Romanian productions to be prized in Cannes. His feature follow-up is a bittersweet and gentle story which follows a family’s aspirations up to, and just after, the fall of the dictatorship. Even though the downfall of the regime may be an unsurprising backdrop, it celebrates an innocence that is hard to come by in this family of Romanian movies.
I gave you here two examples of films which are settled in communism landscape. In another part I will propose few examples of films which are not typical for Romania and its history. :)
Source: cinema.ro
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