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

Those Who Pay with Their Lives

Those Who Pay with Their Lives 1989

5.00

An uncompromising journalist obsessed with the idea of absolute justice ends up committing suicide after reading his father's biography. Based on three novels by Camil Petrescu.

1989

Long Way to Tipperary

Long Way to Tipperary 1973

6.30

The movie is about the historic moment in which the PNȚ political party has attempted to form a government in exile to counteract the Petru Groza Russian puppet government. Obviously this is seen through the lenses of communist propaganda.

1973

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

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 Miracle

The Miracle 1988

5.00

An agronomist manages to irrigate and stabilize some sand dunes in southern Romania.

1988

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

The Man We Need

The Man We Need 1979

6.30

A concrete expert is torn between his family, who wants to settle in a city, and his work, which requires constant relocating.

1979

The Prodigal Father

The Prodigal Father 1974

6.70

This film is about the changes in the countryside happening in Romania around 1945, when am agrarian reform happens.

1974

Fata Morgana

Fata Morgana 1981

6.70

Virgil, the son of a director, fails to get into college and he is drafted in the army. This "forced" growing up is even more painful as he is followed by a "fata morgana", a lost love.

1981

A Dream's Bird Ashes

A Dream's Bird Ashes 1989

5.20

Five high school graduates are followed though their life altering decisions and their consequences.

1989

Ora zero

Ora zero 1979

5.50

In New Year's Eve night, an emergency team is called to fix a tram power line. One member is missing though, he is involved in a DUI.

1979

Casa de la miezul nopții

Casa de la miezul nopții 1978

6.30

In New Year's Eve, Dan, a pilot, picks up a stranded woman at the airport and they head together to his cabin, where they will meet unexpectedly his ex and her new partner.

1978

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

Acțiunea Zuzuc

Acțiunea Zuzuc 1985

4.80

Story of a boy that disappears and the militia officer that investigates the case.

1985

Astray

Astray 1978

6.60

In the communist Romania of Nicolae Ceausescu, a young Romanian woman marries a German citizen just to leave the country.

1978

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