Emilia Dobrin
The Secret of the Secret Weapon (1988)
In this allegorical fairy-tale, peaceful and warlike knights vie for the hand of a beautiful princess, while a discussion of disco goes on around them. She favors a peaceful knight, while her father and his advisors like the ones carrying around a lot of weapons. (more)
In this allegorical fairy-tale, peaceful and warlike knights vie for the hand of a beautiful princess, while a discussion of disco goes on around them. She favors a peaceful knight, while her father and his advisors like the ones carrying around a lot of weapons. (more)
Sequences (1982)
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 ... (more)
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 ... (more)
Exam (2003)
While fully enjoying the life of the 70's, in communist Romania, a young man is arrested and accused of a terrible crime. Freed a few years later and deeply affected by his sinister experience, he tries to find out what had really happened. (more)
While fully enjoying the life of the 70's, in communist Romania, a young man is arrested and accused of a terrible crime. Freed a few years later and deeply affected by his sinister experience, he tries to find out what had really happened. (more)
Bietul Ioanide (1980)
Man and Shadow (1981)
This film is about a functional alcoholic, who works as a lathe operator in a factory and is mentoring a young man. (more)
This film is about a functional alcoholic, who works as a lathe operator in a factory and is mentoring a young man. (more)
Dangerous Turn (1983)
A medic is hunted by guilt of killing a man in a car accident, a cop who staged an experiment of placing a dummy on the side of the road and a dead man found found on the side of the road. (more)
A medic is hunted by guilt of killing a man in a car accident, a cop who staged an experiment of placing a dummy on the side of the road and a dead man found found on the side of the road. (more)
Gathering Clouds (1986)
Young lawyer Radu Comșa is confronted with an identity crisis as WWI starts. (more)
Young lawyer Radu Comșa is confronted with an identity crisis as WWI starts. (more)
The Great Vacation (1988)
Neagu's father appears unexpectedly as he and his family prepare to leave for vacation. He is having an argument with his wife, so his father, feeling unwelcome, leaves. split between his family and his father, he tries to make the best of it. (more)
Neagu's father appears unexpectedly as he and his family prepare to leave for vacation. He is having an argument with his wife, so his father, feeling unwelcome, leaves. split between his family and his father, he tries to make the best of it. (more)
A Clod of Clay (1989)
A movie about the friendship between Ion Creanga and Mihai Eminescu. (more)
A movie about the friendship between Ion Creanga and Mihai Eminescu. (more)
Tandrețea lăcustelor (2002)
Corrupt ex-communist politicians in 90s Romania rule the country, with younger politicians vying to take their place. (more)
Corrupt ex-communist politicians in 90s Romania rule the country, with younger politicians vying to take their place. (more)
Amongst the Green Hills (1971)
Here the author makes a movie after his own novel. Following 3 murders, the investigations will have some unexpected turns. (more)
Here the author makes a movie after his own novel. Following 3 murders, the investigations will have some unexpected turns. (more)
Ciprian Porumbescu (1973)
This film envisions the patriotic and tragic life of Romanian composer Ciprian Porumbescu. (more)
This film envisions the patriotic and tragic life of Romanian composer Ciprian Porumbescu. (more)
Fleeting Loves (1974)
A Romanian architect who married abroad reunites with his birthplace, with those he met, with the women he loved, with the echoes of what happened once, with the great transformations that are taking place in the Capitol, on construction sites and in Romanian ... (more)
A Romanian architect who married abroad reunites with his birthplace, with those he met, with the women he loved, with the echoes of what happened once, with the great transformations that are taking place in the Capitol, on construction sites and in Romanian ... (more)
Red Apples (1976)
In Alexandru Tatos’s debut film, a young urologist is assigned to a town hospital with no urology ward and keeps bumping up against his superiors because of both ethical and medical problems. (more)
In Alexandru Tatos’s debut film, a young urologist is assigned to a town hospital with no urology ward and keeps bumping up against his superiors because of both ethical and medical problems. (more)
Astray (1978)
In the communist Romania of Nicolae Ceausescu, a young Romanian woman marries a German citizen just to leave the country. (more)
In the communist Romania of Nicolae Ceausescu, a young Romanian woman marries a German citizen just to leave the country. (more)
The Extras (1987)
After 1950, when the comunist regime is fully entrenched, some Bourgeois descendants have to make a living being movie extras. Continuation of "On the Left Bank of the Blue Danube" (more)
After 1950, when the comunist regime is fully entrenched, some Bourgeois descendants have to make a living being movie extras. Continuation of "On the Left Bank of the Blue Danube" (more)
When It Snows (2017)
Laur asks the owners’ association in the building he lives in to fix the elevator for his pregnant girlfriend. Throughout the meeting, we witness an absurd world, which imposes its own rules, outside of all that is humane and logical. (more)
Laur asks the owners’ association in the building he lives in to fix the elevator for his pregnant girlfriend. Throughout the meeting, we witness an absurd world, which imposes its own rules, outside of all that is humane and logical. (more)
The Anniversary (2017)