Uncle Marin, the Billionaire

Uncle Marin, the Billionaire 1979

8.00

At a swanky hotel in a Black Sea resort, Gogu, one of the hotel employees, meets his uncle Marin, an Oltenian peasant who has come to visit. Gogu says he can sneak Marin into the hotel, as one of the rooms is empty awaiting the arrival of an American billionaire, Mr. Juvett. Marin is amazed by the revealing clothing worn by women at the resort, while the hotel guests are fascinated by his quaint peasant costume. In the hotel room, Marin is perplexed by the various gadgets. Meanwhile, the gangsters learn that Juvett has arrived at the hotel. Juvett is the father of the kidnapped girl, and is coming to pass over a million dollar ransom. A rival gang, who know about the kidnapping, plan to take the ransom for themselves. They follow Marin, believing him to be Juvett.

1979

Bucharest Identity Card

Bucharest Identity Card 1982

7.70

A provincial young girl, a farming engineer, does not want to return to the countryside on graduating, but stay in the capital. But she needs a Bucharest identity card to do this. Her solution is to "buy" a husband...

1982

Those Who Pay with Their Lives

Those Who Pay with Their Lives 1989

5.00

An uncompromising journalist obsessed with the idea of absolute justice ends up committing suicide after reading his father's biography. Based on three novels by Camil Petrescu.

1989

The Story of Love

The Story of Love 1976

6.00

A sci-fi fairy tale love story adventure about a young boy, who lands in a UFO, and the princess he falls in love with as an adult.

1976

Sequences

Sequences 1982

6.50

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 their dual roles as State-supported propagandists who laud their government and society, and as private movie makers working on their own film. Next, they are in a restaurant looking for suitable locations to film when the eatery’s owner is induced to wax long and lugubriously on his miserable life. In the last segment, two extras are in the background of a scene, sitting at a table in a restaurant. It slowly becomes apparent to one of them that the man he’s sitting with tortured him more than 40 years ago at a Nazi concentration camp during World War II.

1982

The High schoolers

The High schoolers 1986

8.20

The love story of two students in the tenth grade. Mihai is a provincial who reached in a Bucharest high school where his passion for philosophy and mathematics will be eclipsed by love and Dana is a chess enthusiast. Their romance is full of naturalness, but will go through many trials.

1986

Fata Morgana

Fata Morgana 1981

6.70

Virgil, the son of a director, fails to get into college and he is drafted in the army. This "forced" growing up is even more painful as he is followed by a "fata morgana", a lost love.

1981

Astray

Astray 1978

6.60

In the communist Romania of Nicolae Ceausescu, a young Romanian woman marries a German citizen just to leave the country.

1978

The Miracle

The Miracle 1988

5.00

An agronomist manages to irrigate and stabilize some sand dunes in southern Romania.

1988

Ora zero

Ora zero 1979

5.50

In New Year's Eve night, an emergency team is called to fix a tram power line. One member is missing though, he is involved in a DUI.

1979

Long Way to Tipperary

Long Way to Tipperary 1973

6.30

The movie is about the historic moment in which the PNȚ political party has attempted to form a government in exile to counteract the Petru Groza Russian puppet government. Obviously this is seen through the lenses of communist propaganda.

1973

Three Secret Letters

Three Secret Letters 1974

6.00

A director of a shipyard abusively fires a foreman who has opposing ideas.

1974

Magic Circle

Magic Circle 1975

7.00

Two murders initially appear to be motivated by personal interest. However, at a closer look, they appear to be something completely different.

1975

An Item of News

An Item of News 1986

6.70

A typesetter is in search of an anonymous hero that saved two children.

1986

A Clod of Clay

A Clod of Clay 1989

7.80

A movie about the homoerotic relationship between Ion Creanga and Mihai Eminescu.

1989

Strange Agent

Strange Agent 1974

5.00

This is a thriller based on a theatre play by Horia Lovinescu - „Omul care şi-a pierdut omenia” (The Man Who Lost His Humanity)

1974

The Last Night of Loneliness

The Last Night of Loneliness 1976

5.00

The movie depicts a peasant with a very strong personality that copes with the changes in the Romanian village.

1976

The Great Vacation

The Great Vacation 1988

1.00

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.

1988