Known for Acting
Matei lives with his grandfather in Romania. His parents have gone to work in Italy. After arguing with his grandfather, he leaves. A poignant, beautifully shot film on the illusions and disillusionments of childhood.
A perspective on the Romanian revolution which started in Timișoara.
A young journalist interviews a man who was a torturer during the early days of the communist regime in Romania.
A Romanian cellist emigrates to Spain where he becomes friends with a puppeteer who performs at El Retiro in Madrid. His dream is to work in an orchestra and earn enough money to be able to bring his wife and daughter, but things are not as easy as he thought... First film by Juan Manuel Cotelo, with a title that is inspired in a Romanian poem.
Based on the story of the same name by Ion Creanga, Ivan Turbinca is an old soldier to whom - for a good deed he does - God grants him a wish. Ivan prays to God to bless his whirlpool, so that he has the power to put and keep in it whatever he wishes. "Pasol na turbina ciorti!" are the words Ivan uses to put devils in his whirlpool, tricking even Death, keeping her prisoner in his whirlpool.
