A dramedy about a writer in the midst of a midlife crisis, the film also explores the trauma of a divorce. Romanian director Valentin Hotea is currently putting the finishing touches to his second feature, Lebensdorf, a drama about a 45-year-old writer facing a midlife crisis. The film is being staged by HiFilm Productions, with Ada Solomon and Diana Păroiu serving as producers. The project is being co-produced by Romanian outfits Chainsaw Europe Studio, Abis Studio, Production Xmg Media and Scharf Film Production. The screenplay, written by Ileana Muntean and Hotea, follows Ducu Dobrescu (Mimi Brănescu), a 45-year-old writer who leaves Bucharest to be part of a creative residency in Berlin. Ducu swings between two countries and two women: Andra (Ioana Flora), his hot-tempered wife, who wants a divorce, and Giulia (Ana Covalciuc), Ducu’s old flame from his youth, who lives in Lebensdorf, an ecovillage in Germany. Several events and.
A great performance by Vasluianu performing with the intense and brooding desperation that has become the hallmark of young Romanian antiheros Four years ago Romanians Cristi Puiu (writer/director) and Razvan Radulescu (writer) brought their indie sleeper .The Death of Mr. Lazarescu. to the USA. It.s grim commentary on the social manners of life and death was a hit in a nation dealing with a health care system that cared more about the bottom line than the survival of the patient. Two years ago the searing .4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days. director Andrei Gruzsniczki.s tale of love, loss and acceptance further explored the social conscious of the world. Co-written by Romanians Ileana Muntean and Mircea Staiculescu .The Other...
- 12/18/2009
- by Ron Wilkinson
- Monsters and Critics
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