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Browse 115 movies from Universitatea Nationala de Arta Teatrala si Cinematografica "I.L. Caragiale"
A group of people talk about very different subjects, including a strange course that one of them has just completed. There is tension in the air, although it is not quite clear why. They give the impression that they are killing time while waiting for a job that everyone needs for different reasons. Are they actors looking for a role?
Apr 2009
Victor is attracted to Philip's wife. Phil is attracted to Victor's wife. Victor and Filip are neighbors, but above all, friends.
Jan 2016
An exploration of the biggest camming studio in Romania, inquiring on its business model, on the thoughts of the people involved, and exposing the scale of its operation.
Jul 2022
In a cemetery in the city she has just arrived in by night train, a woman discovers that a man (probably her father) had recently been exhumed by the owners due to late payment. In desperation, she cremates his remains and moves on, to an unknown address where she accidentally meets a former lover from her youth. After a few drinks together, deep-seated wounds begin to surface, and the idealistic romanticism of early youth is replaced by the realization that life has not been kind to either of them.
Nov 1997
Radu Ana is born on a Friday, the 13th and is the most unlucky man on Earth. Things, however, are subject to change.
Dec 2007
Marius has everything going for him: a loving wife, loads of friends and a flourishing career as a director. However, Marius is unhappy. While he is casting a part he meets Stelian, a 14-year-old Rom, who makes him rediscover himself
Jan 2023
A strange dream forgotten in the morning and an unaccountable feeling cause Liviu to look with resignation upon the world he's living in. His awakening to reality may coincide with the birth of his child ...
Jun 2004
In the absence of other housing options, a teenage couple tries to find a secluded corner in the common spaces of a block of flats where they can indulge their passion.
Nov 1994
The diary of feelings caused by the break-up of a couple.
Jan 1968
Exhausted by the relentless pace of the construction site, Vali, a worker pushed to his limits, walks away from everything and begins digging a hole in the middle of a field. As he descends, reality shifts around him, carrying him through a series of spaces. Each place he passes through reflects his exhaustion, his fear, and his need for release.
May 2026
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"The Apples" (1955) is the graduation film of two of the most important directors of the following decades, Iulian Mihu and Manole Marcus, and shows a young couple mocked by a nobleman because they had stolen some apples from his estate.
Costin, a teenage boy, likes his neighbour, Mimi, so he tries to impress her.
Nov 2024
Vlad is leaving for the city to start working as a bartender. On the way, he finds out that his father has suddenly got sick. Forced to come back, he finds the family bar locked and Ursu, his father, laying on a table inside.
Dec 2023
A story which might take place in anybody's life. The death of a person starts a chain reaction which involves the neighbours. A satire of the world we live in based on a true story.
Sep 2008
Relying on the iconography specific to the 1990s, with the wonder drug Viagra and erotic phone lines of the "8989" type in their place, "Diabolique 3" is a fantasy farce about a dysfunctional couple's relationship. The wife is the one who takes the initiative, although her best and cosmopolitan friend advises her to leave her dull, conformist and, above all, sexually apathetic husband.
Nov 1999
Adina is a lawyer with an up-and-coming career that is currently proving very demanding of her. The onset of an unwanted pregnancy leads her to seek medical help from her mother, Carmen, from whom she feels emotionally disconnected.
Jun 2023
Inspired by Bedros Horasangian's series of short stories, the film focuses on the dissolution of a couple, seen from two perspectives. Episodes from the married life of a playwright mingle with their dramatized version, rehearsed on scene by a couple of actors, thus amplifying the communication issues and the distance between the partners. Featuring a simple and efficient mise-en-scéne, the film is built like a feminine monologue in two voices, counterpointed by the helpless, stubborn silence in which the two protagonists retreat.
Dec 1989
A persian is trialed for supposedly raping the queen in a contemporaneous Ancient Greece.
Radu is having a hard time dealing with his mother’s death.
Oct 2016