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the winter of the film director (Film: Kira Kiralina – Dan Pita, 2014)

The success of the Romanian cinema in the last decade or so did not spring up from nothing. Although the cinema in Romania was more strictly censored and controlled by propaganda during the Communist period, a handful of talented directors … Continue reading

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Film: Eu sunt Adam! (Dan Pita, 1996)

‘Eu sunt Adam!’ (‘I am Adam!’) is a 1001 nights story that takes place in the inferno. The role of Seherazada is played by a professor of music in the 1950s, the years of the worst repression under the Communist … Continue reading

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Film: Pepe & Fifi (Dan Pita – 1994)

I am surprised how little known this film is. Although it was made by Dan Pita, one of the well-known Romanian directors, and one of the few who made quality films during the Romanian Communist era, it does not seem … Continue reading

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