Uncle Marin, the Billionaire

Uncle Marin, the Billionaire 1979

8.04

At a swanky hotel in a Black Sea resort, Gogu, one of the hotel employees, meets his uncle Marin, an Oltenian peasant who has come to visit. Gogu says he can sneak Marin into the hotel, as one of the rooms is empty awaiting the arrival of an American billionaire, Mr. Juvett. Marin is amazed by the revealing clothing worn by women at the resort, while the hotel guests are fascinated by his quaint peasant costume. In the hotel room, Marin is perplexed by the various gadgets. Meanwhile, the gangsters learn that Juvett has arrived at the hotel. Juvett is the father of the kidnapped girl, and is coming to pass over a million dollar ransom. A rival gang, who know about the kidnapping, plan to take the ransom for themselves. They follow Marin, believing him to be Juvett.

1979

The High schoolers

The High schoolers 1986

8.20

The love story of two students in the tenth grade. Mihai is a provincial who reached in a Bucharest high school where his passion for philosophy and mathematics will be eclipsed by love and Dana is a chess enthusiast. Their romance is full of naturalness, but will go through many trials.

1986

Bucharest Identity Card

Bucharest Identity Card 1982

7.70

A provincial young girl, a farming engineer, does not want to return to the countryside on graduating, but stay in the capital. But she needs a Bucharest identity card to do this. Her solution is to "buy" a husband...

1982

Sequences

Sequences 1982

6.50

Three sequences which could have formed separate stories are linked together to give a larger perspective on the nature of reality and film. The three episodes are joined together by one film crew at work. In the beginning, the crew is introduced as they juggle their dual roles as State-supported propagandists who laud their government and society, and as private movie makers working on their own film. Next, they are in a restaurant looking for suitable locations to film when the eatery’s owner is induced to wax long and lugubriously on his miserable life. In the last segment, two extras are in the background of a scene, sitting at a table in a restaurant. It slowly becomes apparent to one of them that the man he’s sitting with tortured him more than 40 years ago at a Nazi concentration camp during World War II.

1982

The Story of Love

The Story of Love 1976

6.00

A sci-fi fairy tale love story adventure about a young boy, who lands in a UFO, and the princess he falls in love with as an adult.

1976

The End of the Night

The End of the Night 1982

6.20

A young prosecutor refuses to take the easy way out of an investigation that involves a young man.

1982

Repeated Wedding

Repeated Wedding 1985

8.50

This is the second part for the "Buletin de Bucureti" movie.

1985

Magic Circle

Magic Circle 1975

7.00

Two murders initially appear to be motivated by personal interest. However, at a closer look, they appear to be something completely different.

1975

Forest Fruit

Forest Fruit 1983

5.80

The 17-year-old Amalia, the daughter of a widower lumberjack with many children, falls in love with a soldier. An irresponsible young man, the soldier refuses to admit that he is the father of the child to be born, as Amalia was just a fling in his eyes. Amalia decides to raise the kid all by herself, but she soon changes her mind…

1983

An Item of News

An Item of News 1986

6.70

A typesetter is in search of an anonymous hero that saved two children.

1986

The Carpathian Castle

The Carpathian Castle 1981

5.30

In late 19th century, a Transylvanian revolutionary fleeing the Imperial authorities goes to Italy where he meets a beautiful soprano who later disappears under mysterious circumstances.

1981

Personal Issues

Personal Issues 1981

5.00

Communist activists have to let out steam due to increased pressure in their professional life.

1981

A Clod of Clay

A Clod of Clay 1989

7.80

A movie about the homoerotic relationship between Ion Creanga and Mihai Eminescu.

1989

The Redhead

The Redhead 1976

7.20

During the summer of 1944, while Romanians turn weapons against Nazis, Mihai, an orphan teenager whose parents died in a bombing, tries to enlist in order to fight in the front line but he discovers that former police commissioner Potra tortured and beaten prisoners, including his father, who was political detained. Mihai will fight to bring Potra in front of the justice.

1976

Three Secret Letters

Three Secret Letters 1974

6.00

A director of a shipyard abusively fires a foreman who has opposing ideas.

1974

A Spare Moment

A Spare Moment 1986

6.30

Too busy to solve an urgent production issue, he fails to notice the women that he keeps bumping into.

1986

Baloane de curcubeu

Baloane de curcubeu 1982

5.70

A collective farm president is deserted by his bride 2 days after the wedding. A comedic radiography of village life.

1982