Sergiu Costache

Sergiu Costache is an actor, known for Waves (2007), Domestic (2012) and Mercenary: Absolution (2015).

Plimbare (2014)

An old solitary woman feels the urge to go outside and feel again.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mihaela Popescu
CAST:  Valeria Seciu  •  Sergiu Costache  •  Ion Grosu  •  Diana Iulia Roman

An old solitary woman feels the urge to go outside and feel again.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mihaela Popescu
CAST:  Valeria Seciu  •  Sergiu Costache  •  Ion Grosu  •  Diana Iulia Roman

Domestic (2012)

Wonderfully surreal, painfully real, this is the story of children, adults and animals who live together trying to have a better life, but sometimes death comes unexpectedly. The lives of three characters surrounded by a bunch of extraordinary, funny, absurd but ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Adrian Sitaru
CAST:  Adrian Titieni  •  Gheorghe Ifrim  •  Sergiu Costache  •  Ioana Flora

Wonderfully surreal, painfully real, this is the story of children, adults and animals who live together trying to have a better life, but sometimes death comes unexpectedly. The lives of three characters surrounded by a bunch of extraordinary, funny, absurd but ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Adrian Sitaru
CAST:  Adrian Titieni  •  Gheorghe Ifrim  •  Sergiu Costache  •  Ioana Flora

Lord (2011)

Although he hates dogs, Toni is engaged in finding lost animals and then sentimentally blackmails the masters in order to obtain beautiful large amounts of money. Because of an old and ugly Pekinese that Toni cannot succeed of getting rid of, feelings of affection ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Adrian Sitaru
CAST:  Sergiu Costache  •  Andreea Samson  •  Adrian Titieni

Although he hates dogs, Toni is engaged in finding lost animals and then sentimentally blackmails the masters in order to obtain beautiful large amounts of money. Because of an old and ugly Pekinese that Toni cannot succeed of getting rid of, feelings of affection ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Adrian Sitaru
CAST:  Sergiu Costache  •  Andreea Samson  •  Adrian Titieni

Principles of life (2010)

Velicanu considers himself a fulfilled person. He's got money, a new villa, married a younger woman and has a son from a previous marriage. Before the holidays he has to leave everything in order, but things start to get complicated. The crisis at the end of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Constantin Popescu Jr.
CAST:  Vlad Ivanov  •  Gabriel Huian  •  Rodica Lazăr  •  Constantin Diţă

Velicanu considers himself a fulfilled person. He's got money, a new villa, married a younger woman and has a son from a previous marriage. Before the holidays he has to leave everything in order, but things start to get complicated. The crisis at the end of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Constantin Popescu Jr.
CAST:  Vlad Ivanov  •  Gabriel Huian  •  Rodica Lazăr  •  Constantin Diţă

Waves (2007)

A beautiful Western woman asks a Gypsy to watch her four-year-old child while she is taught how to swim by a flirtatious married man, before she disappears into the sea.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Adrian Sitaru
CAST:  Sergiu Costache  •  Adrian Titieni  •  Karen Wallet  •  Clara Vodă

A beautiful Western woman asks a Gypsy to watch her four-year-old child while she is taught how to swim by a flirtatious married man, before she disappears into the sea.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Adrian Sitaru
CAST:  Sergiu Costache  •  Adrian Titieni  •  Karen Wallet  •  Clara Vodă

Eastern Business (2016)

Two Moldavian friends begin a journey full of adventures and suspense trying various business ideas in order to earn enough money to achieve their dreams.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Igor Cobileanski
CAST:  Ion Sapdaru  •  Constantin Pușcașu  •  Sergiu Costache  •  Zane Jarcu

Two Moldavian friends begin a journey full of adventures and suspense trying various business ideas in order to earn enough money to achieve their dreams.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Igor Cobileanski
CAST:  Ion Sapdaru  •  Constantin Pușcașu  •  Sergiu Costache  •  Zane Jarcu

Absolution (2015)

When a contract killer (Steven Seagal) encounters a girl on the run from a dangerous mob boss (Vinnie Jones) with powerful political ties, running a human trafficking operation, he is torn between protecting the girl, and remaining loyal to the government agency ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keoni Waxman
CAST:  Steven Seagal  •  Byron Mann  •  Josh Barnett  •  Adina Stetcu

When a contract killer (Steven Seagal) encounters a girl on the run from a dangerous mob boss (Vinnie Jones) with powerful political ties, running a human trafficking operation, he is torn between protecting the girl, and remaining loyal to the government agency ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keoni Waxman
CAST:  Steven Seagal  •  Byron Mann  •  Josh Barnett  •  Adina Stetcu

In-laws (2014)

Ionut and Mariana will get married soon. It's time to meet their families and to plot the happy event. In-laws seem to understand perfectly: passion for TV series unites luxury, Romanian music of the '80s and brandy. Especially brandy. As the bottles are emptied, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Radu Potcoavă
CAST:  Mircea Diaconu  •  Paul Ipate  •  Luminița Gheorghiu  •  Ioana Blaj

Ionut and Mariana will get married soon. It's time to meet their families and to plot the happy event. In-laws seem to understand perfectly: passion for TV series unites luxury, Romanian music of the '80s and brandy. Especially brandy. As the bottles are emptied, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Radu Potcoavă
CAST:  Mircea Diaconu  •  Paul Ipate  •  Luminița Gheorghiu  •  Ioana Blaj

They stole the bride (2012)

Nina, a former Miss of a province town currently unemployed, who has enough of her boring life with her husband, Cornel. She decides to kidnap Marinela, the bride of an local mobs wedding, in exchange of a huge ransom that hopefully will provide her a better life. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jesús del Cerro
CAST:  Adina Galupa  •  Cătălina Grama  •  Constantin Diţă  •  Sergiu Costache

Nina, a former Miss of a province town currently unemployed, who has enough of her boring life with her husband, Cornel. She decides to kidnap Marinela, the bride of an local mobs wedding, in exchange of a huge ransom that hopefully will provide her a better life. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jesús del Cerro
CAST:  Adina Galupa  •  Cătălina Grama  •  Constantin Diţă  •  Sergiu Costache

Vânătoare (2017)

An ordinary day in Romania. Under a highway exit close to Bucharest, Lidia and Denisa are changing their clothes; warm pullovers and sneakers are exchanged for tight tops and heels. The two are then waiting for clients, an icy wind gusting around their ears.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandra Bălteanu
CAST:  Iulia Lumânare  •  Corina Moise  •  Iulia Ciochină  •  Sergiu Costache

An ordinary day in Romania. Under a highway exit close to Bucharest, Lidia and Denisa are changing their clothes; warm pullovers and sneakers are exchanged for tight tops and heels. The two are then waiting for clients, an icy wind gusting around their ears.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandra Bălteanu
CAST:  Iulia Lumânare  •  Corina Moise  •  Iulia Ciochină  •  Sergiu Costache

Contract to Kill (2016)

Harmon is a CIA/DEA enforcer investigating Arab terrorists captured in Mexico. With his team--seductive FBI agent Zara and spy-drone pilot Sharp--he flies to Istanbul and uncovers a brutal plot: Islamic extremists plan to use Sonora drug-smuggling routes to bring ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keoni Waxman
CAST:  Steven Seagal  •  Russell Wong  •  Jemma Dallender  •  Ghassan Bouz

Harmon is a CIA/DEA enforcer investigating Arab terrorists captured in Mexico. With his team--seductive FBI agent Zara and spy-drone pilot Sharp--he flies to Istanbul and uncovers a brutal plot: Islamic extremists plan to use Sonora drug-smuggling routes to bring ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keoni Waxman
CAST:  Steven Seagal  •  Russell Wong  •  Jemma Dallender  •  Ghassan Bouz

Gipsy Queen (2019)

Ali, once a promising young boxer from the Romani community and the only daughter of a Romani leader, falls in disgrace when she gives birth to her second child out of wedlock.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hüseyin Tabak
CAST:  Aleksandar Jovanović  •  Tobias Moretti  •  Catrin Striebeck  •  Özgür Karadeniz

Ali, once a promising young boxer from the Romani community and the only daughter of a Romani leader, falls in disgrace when she gives birth to her second child out of wedlock.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hüseyin Tabak
CAST:  Aleksandar Jovanović  •  Tobias Moretti  •  Catrin Striebeck  •  Özgür Karadeniz

Doing Money (2019)

A young Romanian woman is snatched in broad daylight from a London street, trafficked to Ireland and used as a sex slave in a series of pop-up brothels. Her shocking true story offers a tense and thought-provoking thriller exposing how, in modern Britain, slavery ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lynsey Miller
CAST:  Anca Dumitra  •  Dragos Bucur  •  Turlough Convery  •  Sergiu Costache

A young Romanian woman is snatched in broad daylight from a London street, trafficked to Ireland and used as a sex slave in a series of pop-up brothels. Her shocking true story offers a tense and thought-provoking thriller exposing how, in modern Britain, slavery ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lynsey Miller
CAST:  Anca Dumitra  •  Dragos Bucur  •  Turlough Convery  •  Sergiu Costache

The Whistlers (2019)

A Romanian police officer, determined to free from prison a crooked businessman who knows where a mobster's money is hidden, must learn the difficult ancestral whistling language (Silbo Gomero) used on the island of Gomera.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Corneliu Porumboiu
CAST:  Catrinel Marlon  •  Vlad Ivanov  •  Rodica Lazăr  •  Sabin Tambrea

A Romanian police officer, determined to free from prison a crooked businessman who knows where a mobster's money is hidden, must learn the difficult ancestral whistling language (Silbo Gomero) used on the island of Gomera.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Corneliu Porumboiu
CAST:  Catrinel Marlon  •  Vlad Ivanov  •  Rodica Lazăr  •  Sabin Tambrea

The Ditch (2012)

On a hot summer day, Vasile, a 50-something year old peasant, refuses to accompany his wife Lucretia to a religious ceremony arguing he has to finish the ditch in front of their house to avoid paying a fine. Scared by the hard work ahead of him, he tries to find ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Adrian Silișteanu
CAST:  Adrian Titieni  •  Sergiu Costache  •  Gabriela Popescu

On a hot summer day, Vasile, a 50-something year old peasant, refuses to accompany his wife Lucretia to a religious ceremony arguing he has to finish the ditch in front of their house to avoid paying a fine. Scared by the hard work ahead of him, he tries to find ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Adrian Silișteanu
CAST:  Adrian Titieni  •  Sergiu Costache  •  Gabriela Popescu

The Tower of Pisa (2020)

A fantasy and comedy short fiction film about a parking valet suffering from OCD who stumbles upon love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bogdan Ilieșiu
CAST:  Andrei Miercure  •  Iulia Verdes  •  Adrian Titieni  •  Sergiu Costache

A fantasy and comedy short fiction film about a parking valet suffering from OCD who stumbles upon love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bogdan Ilieșiu
CAST:  Andrei Miercure  •  Iulia Verdes  •  Adrian Titieni  •  Sergiu Costache

Snow, Tea and Love (2021)

The story of three friends who, through a less happy situation, end up in prison. There they plan their escape and with the help of a local mobster they manage to escape only to prepare for the next robbery. Too a strange potion with really strange consequences ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cătălin Bugean
CAST:  Liviu Vârciu  •  Levent Sali  •  Angel Popescu  •  Monica Anghel

The story of three friends who, through a less happy situation, end up in prison. There they plan their escape and with the help of a local mobster they manage to escape only to prepare for the next robbery. Too a strange potion with really strange consequences ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cătălin Bugean
CAST:  Liviu Vârciu  •  Levent Sali  •  Angel Popescu  •  Monica Anghel

Dear Santa Claus (2018)

When a couple returns to their apartment building on Christmas Eve, they find a man dressed as Santa Claus trying to break into their neighbor's apartment.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bogdan Ilieșiu
CAST:  Andi Vasluianu  •  Adrian Titieni  •  Tudor Oprișan  •  Rodica Lazăr

When a couple returns to their apartment building on Christmas Eve, they find a man dressed as Santa Claus trying to break into their neighbor's apartment.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bogdan Ilieșiu
CAST:  Andi Vasluianu  •  Adrian Titieni  •  Tudor Oprișan  •  Rodica Lazăr

Weddings, christenings and funerals (2022)

Cosmin plays a tennis game with 3 friends. He looks at the clock and starts panicking: he is late to the Registry Office, to a wedding- his wedding, with his ex-wife, who he had divorced without his friends knowing. Everything starts in 2007 when the real-estate ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandru Lustig
CAST:  Ilona Brezoianu  •  Gheorghe Ifrim  •  Andreea Mateiu  •  Șerban Pavlu

Cosmin plays a tennis game with 3 friends. He looks at the clock and starts panicking: he is late to the Registry Office, to a wedding- his wedding, with his ex-wife, who he had divorced without his friends knowing. Everything starts in 2007 when the real-estate ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandru Lustig
CAST:  Ilona Brezoianu  •  Gheorghe Ifrim  •  Andreea Mateiu  •  Șerban Pavlu

Boss (2023)

A meticulous ambulance driver working in poverty-stricken Bucharest, who takes part in an armed robbery together with three men he barely knows. As the robbery ends in disaster, Bogdan starts a thorough, almost compulsive investigation to dig up the true identities ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bogdan Mirică
CAST:  Laurentiu Bãnescu  •  Ioana Bugarin  •  Sergiu Costache  •  Teodor Corban

A meticulous ambulance driver working in poverty-stricken Bucharest, who takes part in an armed robbery together with three men he barely knows. As the robbery ends in disaster, Bogdan starts a thorough, almost compulsive investigation to dig up the true identities ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bogdan Mirică
CAST:  Laurentiu Bãnescu  •  Ioana Bugarin  •  Sergiu Costache  •  Teodor Corban