Great Communist Bank Robbery (2004)
Gênero : Documentário
Runtime : 1H 10M
Director : Alexandru Solomon
Sinopse
In 1959, in Romania, six former members of the nomenklatura and the secret police organize a hold up of the National Bank. After their arrest, the state forces them to play themselves in a film which reconstitutes the crime and the investigation. At the end of their trial, filmed live, they are sentenced to death and executed. A month later, the film Reconstitution was released and became a sensation throughout the country. - Written by giolgaudaniel
When a flood strikes Costache's village in Romania, his wife Maria and all of their possessions are swept away. Now in a village shelter, Costache refuses to sell his land and move onward. He has plans to re-build and refuses help and advice from his neighbors. The village is all he has left, except for an estranged son now living in Tokyo. But when his son Ticu hears of his mother's death and father's plight, he arrives unexpectedly with his Japanese wife and son to bring Costache back home with him. This will not be simple. Ticu fled Romania with many issues left unresolved, the biggest being his relationship with his father. Now there is a whole new family for Costache to deal with, old scores to settle, and painful goodbyes to say.
Videograms of a Revolution is a 1992 documentary film compiled by Harun Farocki and Andrei Ujică from over 125 hours of amateur footage, news footage, and excerpts from the Bucharest TV studio overtaken by demonstrators as part of the December 1989 Romanian Revolution.
Cracks are starting to burst in Marina's frozen life, leading towards finding refuge in dangerous places.
"Sleep Awake" is the story of an unhappy Romanian girl, who meets a boy that will forever change her life and the way she sees the world.
Há dez anos exilada do seu país, desde o assassinato do marido, Judith vive em Marselha com os seus três filhos. Ao longo de anos recusou-se a voltar a ver a família, mas agora Judith, apesar dos seus medos e segredos, deixa-se convencer pelo desejo dos filhos e aceita o convite para irem ao casamento de uma prima. Leva os filhos para passarem o verão no país. Estes irão em busca das raízes e história. Mas o regresso de Judith reanima velhos ódios entre clãs rivais. Inexoravelmente, a engrenagem da violência é desencadeada, o sangue apelando ao sangue.
A man prepares himself to be transferred to a detention center and rest home where he will relive one more time the highlights of his youth.
One worker in a bankrupt factory finds an unusual solution to save his co-workers from unemployment. If it doesn't work the factory will be privatized and sold to a French company planning to convert the plant into a snail cannery. Only 300 of the 3000 workers will keep their jobs.
Love. It just happens. No rules. It may look sick, but it's deep and it hurts. For everyone, Alex and Kiki are just good friends. They happen to be two girls experiencing another kind of love. For their family, Kiki and Sandu are sister and brother who sometimes fight. They happen to be lovers. Love Sick is about their stories.
A notícia da tomada da Bastilha chega à Corte, afugentando nobres e servos que abandonam o Rei Luís XVI. Uma jovem leitora devotada à Maria Antonieta ignora os acontecimentos e inicia uma relação com a rainha durante a Revolução Francesa.
Em Bangladesh, o mercenário Tyler Rake luta para sobreviver durante a missão para resgatar o filho de um chefão do crime.
Em um mundo de imaginação, Mune é um ser mágico designado para tomar conta das estrelas. Mas uma série de desastres vai fazer com que o pior aconteça.
To keep the band together, Selly tries to earn money by making an appearance at the birthday party of a mobster's daughter - until he gets kidnapped.
Amy tem 11 anos, e se junta a um grupo de dançarinos na escola, e rapidamente se conscientiza de sua florescente feminilidade - perturbando sua mãe e seus valores no processo.
While people in Western Europe were used to choose between hundreds of brands, the communist Romanian used to have a different experience: all our life we lived with only one brand for each basic product. Imagine the importance that this 'mono-brands' could acquire for the lives of those who made them and for the lives of those who consumed them. A love story between man and object.
