General Information
Completed On: 02 Jan, 2019
Duration: 1 hr 20 min 0 sec
Genres: Feature
Language: romanian
Country: Romania
Submitted By: Cornel Gheorghita
Festival Rating 7.5
One night, 30 years after the Revolution, three former classmates turned movie directors reunite on the banks of the Black Sea. Together they watch the films they have made as students and old dreams are reignited.
These weekend spectators try to hide their feeling of failure behind the old images that have rusted away together with the Wreck, near which they’ve first met.
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DirectorsCornel Gheorghita
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ProducersCornel Gheorghita
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WritersCornel Gheorghita
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Film TypeFeature
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GenresDrama
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Runtime1 hours 20 minutes 0 seconds
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Completion Date02 Jan, 2019
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Production Budget700000 EUR
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Country of OriginRomania
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Country of FilmingRomania
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Film Languageromanian
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Shooting Formatfull hd
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Aspect Ratio16:ç
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Film ColorBlack & White and Color
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Student ProjectNo
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First-time FilmmakerNo
East Europe International Film Festival
Poland
Warsaw
11/30/2019
Poland
Fusion Award
Virgin Spring Cinefest
India
Calcutta
04/04/2019
Gold Award
L' Age d'Or International Arthouse Film Festival
India
Calcutta
03/03/2019
Pigeon d'Or Award
Cult Critic Movie Awards
India
Calcutta
02/02/2019
CCMA Award
Calcutta International Cult Film Festival
India
Calcutta
01/02/2019
world Premiere
Oustanding Achievement Award
Netflix
Romania: All Rights
Director's Biography
Born in Romania. 1977 to 1983: Polytechnic University of Bucharest (Engineer Degree); 1985-1989: engineer for Cinema Centre in Bucharest. 1990: I emigrated to France where I have been living since.
2013 Ph.D at the Jean-Jaurès University of Toulouse 2017 - « Sun Dance » = « La Danse du Soleil » (76min) Documentary 2014 - « The Crypt » = feature (80min) 2011 « Europolis » = feature (100min) 2007 « The Brassy Bands » = « Fanfaraon Fanfaron » (52min.) - Documentary 2002 « Masquerade » = « Mascarades » (52 min.)- Documentary
Since 1991: teacher at ENSAV 2013 Ph.D at the University of Toulouse Le Mirail
Director's Statement
the end of the movie when he exits the cinema, he realizes that 30 years have passed.
I tried to make a movie about time. What happens with a film, which immortalizes the present, with 24 images/sec. (here a 16mm film). I realized that everything depends on the person who watches this movie. Here our hero is the observer himself. It's the spectator in a movie hall.
Quantum mechanics has analyzed this phenomenon best and has put the role of the observation in regards to the observed. As much as I seek, I have not found a satisfying definition of time. Be it physical-mathematics, philosophical, art, etc. I challenge you to do the same and you will realize that whatever the answer you come up with you will not be fully satisfied. Yet everyone has the impression that they know what time is!
The same thing happens with love. We think we know what it's all about when we're in love, but we hardly manage express it to those around us! Time and Love have opened together a path that I explored in the script. I think I made a story about the loss of a love to time. A love that created the film and inspires the viewer who discovers it.