Călin Ghibu

Movies

Ambassadors Seek Country
Cinematography
Titi and Marius, two friends who fought together during the revolution of 1989, follow very different social and political paths in its aftermath.
The Afternoon of a Torturer
Director of Photography
A young journalist interviews a man who was a torturer during the early days of the communist regime in Romania.
Last Stop Paradise
Director of Photography
Mitu and Elena get to know each other in the course of a vodka drinking contest and discover that they are both dissatisfied with the status quo. Mitu is about to begin military service and Elena is to be married to a man she does not love. They decide they are meant for each other and plan on a different future, one that is on a collision course with the authorities, and start a mad affair.
An Unforgettable Summer
Director of Photography
In 1925 Romania, young Marie-Therese Von Debretsy refuses the flirtatious advances of her husband's commanding officer. As a result, the cosmopolitan family is reassigned to a brutally bleak and dangerous outpost on the Bulgarian/Romanian frontier where both their relationship and humanity are severely tested.
Earth's Most Beloved Son
Cinematography
The life-story confession of a prisoner waiting for his trial. Victor Petrini, a promising intellectual in the 1950s and a lecturer in Philosophy is arrested by the repressive secret police, wrongly accused of espionage, and sentenced to prison and forced labor.
Luxury Hotel
Cinematography
In an allegorical tale, a luxurious hotel is ruled like a communist country. The ignorant views of leaders and the social stratification are the main focus.
The White Lace Dress
Cinematography
A doctor, a sculptor and a football player trying to win the love of desenatoare models, suffering from incurable disease. But this does not preclude it from working on hand in a clothes factory. Of the three candidate, the young woman prefers the more modest, based with the family.
The Last Ball in November
Cinematography
The film is the story of Prince Cantacuzin’s hidden love for his pupil he mentored since early adolescence, until her being married by her stepfather. Daria Mazu, coming from an unfortunate family, with an epileptic brother and a drunker stepfather.
Gathering Clouds
Cinematography
Young lawyer Radu Comșa is confronted with an identity crisis as WWI starts.
The Kid
Cinematography
A metaphor film, in which a group a pupils are going out on a trip. There are various happenings in which adults are interpreting in different ways and give different meanings to everything.
Călifar's Mill
Cinematography
Stoica, a poor man from a small village, asks for Călifar's help to make him rich. Călifar deceives him, offering him only a vision which seems very real for Stoica.
Stefan Luchian
Cinematography
Recreating the early twentieth century in Bucharest, leading to an unforgettable journey to the cultural space of Romania bohemia. The film follows the life of one of the famous for his landscapes and still lifes most renowned painters of Romania.
The Actress, the Dollars and the Transylvanians
Cinematography
The adventures of the three Brad brothers continues when Traian falls in love with Anabelle, a singer. He wants to marry her, not knowing that she is helping someone to rob a bank.
Beyond the Bridge
Cinematography
Mara, a hard-working widow woman brings up his two children in a developing idustrial Transylvanian town.
Hyperion
Cinematography
Thea, a researcher from an institute for nuclear studies, leaves for a vacation but ends up on an adventure at the boundary between fantasy and reality. On the TV screen the image of a man appears who disappeared 20 years ago after a nuclear explosion. She falls in love with this picture and convinces a colleague and close friend that they can bring back the man who disappeared through a strange reverse process. Her only way to communicate with this picture however is via the TV screen, and her love can only be communicated through dreaming.
Seven Days
Cinematography
This movie presents 7 days of a secret agent's life. Unlike most other movies that glamorize secret agents, this one shows the routine, nitty gritty work.