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

Uncle Marin, the Billionaire

Uncle Marin, the Billionaire 1979

8.10

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

A Studio Searching for a Star

A Studio Searching for a Star 1988

7.00

Marina, a girl from a stunt team, passively assists to everyone's rush to choose the protagonist without whom the filming cannot begin. After weeks of nothing happening, the director, reviewing the footage on the screen, is struck by the photogenic photo of a young girl in an extras scene, which no one can identify. Marina doesn't want to reveal the secret to those on the set because, more pragmatically, her goal is different: admission to cybernetics!

1988

The Premiere

The Premiere 1976

7.80

In the Free Theater (Teatrul Liber) of Bucharest, the actors and crew prepare a new show, with the play "Disguise" ("Travesti"). After the opening night, which is only partly successful, they reach the conclusion that, along the years, they came to the mistake of also disguising this true feelings, becoming hypocrites, and this has a negative effect to their stage performances too.

1976

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

A Clod of Clay

A Clod of Clay 1990

7.20

A movie about the friendship between Ion Creanga and Mihai Eminescu.

1990

Strange Agent

Strange Agent 1974

5.00

This is a thriller based on a theatre play by Horia Lovinescu - „Omul care şi-a pierdut omenia” (The Man Who Lost His Humanity) with elements of adventure, suspense and confrontations between good and evil.

1974

The Extinct Volcano

The Extinct Volcano 1987

6.67

A young geologist who believes strongly in the existence of a huge copper deposit. He will fight to prove this, while his mentor suffers a serious accident.

1987

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 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

The Great Solitary

The Great Solitary 1977

6.00

Nicolae (George Motoi), the intelectual descendant of Moromete family, former communist apparatchik in the 50s, becomes a horticultor due to a political error, and refuses to have any social life, even if he is unhappy with his inactivity. The death of his partner makes him respond to the overtures of his old comrades. Based on the eponymous novel by Marin Preda.

1977