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Completed - ROMANIAN - Drama - 108 minutes

Log Line

AFERIM! is an Eastern Western and an exotic coming of age film, with a deep touch of black humour.

From the producer of 2013 Berlinale Winner CHILD‘S POSE!

Year of production : 2015

Director(s) : Radu JUDE
Writer(s) : Radu JUDE, Florin LĂZĂRESCU
Cast : Teodor CORBAN, Mihai COMĂNOIU, Toma CUZIN

Producer(s) : Ada SOLOMON (Hi Film Productions)

Synopsis

In 19th century Romania, Costandin (50), a policeman of the time, and his son Ionita (15) travel through the south of the country in search of a fugitive Gypsy slave. Costandin is a charismatic mixture between a funny Stalin and a somewhat more pragmatic Don Quixote. While Ionita seems to be quite the opposite: more like Dostoyevsky’s ”Idiot”, finding himself in the unfortunate situation of having to settle his inner turmoil while riding, holding a sword or a gun. Their road speedily winds through exotic landscapes and meeting hundreds of secondary characters, rendering a surprise in every scene. All of this is pictured with infectious humor and stirring cynicism, while keeping the authenticity of the age, in an ingenious Western in a wild-wild East never yet captured on film.

Production

Country(ies) : ROMANIA, BULGARIA, CZECH REPUBLIC

FRANCE Aug 05, 2015 EUROZOOM
GREECE Oct 08, 2015 WEIRD WAVE
HUNGARY Oct 22, 2015 MOZINET LTD.
POLAND AURORA FILMS (P
TAIWAN Jul 10, 2015 SWALLOW WINGS F
USA Jan 01, 2016 BIG WORLD PICTU

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Festivals and Awards

Berlinale - Berlin IFF 2015 - Competition (Silver Bear for Best Director, International Jury)


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