Ion Sapdaru
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Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: August 04, 1961
Deathday: N/A
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Known For
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
2007-08-24
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
Overview: Two college roommates have 24 hours to make the ultimate choice as they finalize arrangements for a black market abortion.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 2007-08-24
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12:08 East of Bucharest
2006-09-29
12:08 East of Bucharest
Overview: It's the 22nd of December. Sixteen years have passed since the revolution, and in a small town Christmas is about to come. Piscoci, an old retired man is preparing for another Christmas alone. Manescu, the history teacher, tries to keep up with his debts. Jderescu, the owner of a local television post, seems not to be so interested in the upcoming holidays. For him, the time to face history has come. Along with Manescu and Piscoci, he is trying to answer for himself a question which for 16 years has not had an answer: "Was it or wasn't it a revolution in their town?"
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 2006-09-29
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California Dreamin'
2007-06-01
California Dreamin'
Overview: 1999. Kosovo War. In a small Romanian village, the chief of the railway station, who also happens to be a local gangster, stops a NATO train transporting military equipment. Their arrival in this small village dramatically changes its landscape.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 2007-06-01
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Bora Bora
2011-01-01
Bora Bora
Overview: Ion lives in one of the most drought-affected areas in Romania. Wishing to put an end to his bad luck, Ion commits to work for a foreigner, unaware of the fact that he becomes involved in illegal activities.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-01-01
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Weekend with My Mother
2009-03-20
Weekend with My Mother
Overview: 15 years ago, Luiza decided to make a fresh start in Spain. She left her 3-year-old daughter Cristina in the care of her relatives and took off. When she returns to Romania, the woman learns some shocking truths that were kept hidden from her: Cristina ran away from home, is a drug addict and has a 2-year-old girl who lives in an orphanage. Overwhelmed by guilt, Luiza attempts to save her daughter
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 2009-03-20
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The Paper Will Be Blue
2006-08-07
The Paper Will Be Blue
Overview: Out of enthusiasm, a Militia soldier abandons his platoon and decides to fight for the cause of the Revolution. His Lieutenant and the rest of the crew look for him during the confused night of 22-23 December 1989.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller War
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 2006-08-07
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Outbound
2010-08-14
Outbound
Overview: Matilda takes a one-day release from jail to attend her mother’s funeral, with no intention of returning. The clock is ticking as Matilda tries one last time to get help from her family and is forced to confront her troubled past.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 2010-08-14
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The Gambler
2015-01-01
The Gambler
Overview: The story of a wealth Eastern European family in Las Vegas, whose misunderstanding of American ways results in the loss of their dignity and self-respect.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-01-01
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To Paris with the Identity Card
2015-05-15
To Paris with the Identity Card
Overview: Drăgan Niță is a humble French teacher from Romania that has always dreamt of visiting Paris one day. To make his dream come true, he saves 1 lei every day.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 2015-05-15
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The Whistleblower
2010-09-13
The Whistleblower
Overview: Nebraska cop Kathryn Bolkovac discovers a deadly sex trafficking ring while serving as a U.N. peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia. Risking her own life to save the lives of others, she uncovers an international conspiracy that is determined to stop her, no matter the cost.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-09-13
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Romanian Sunrise
2016-06-02
Romanian Sunrise
Overview: A young Hungarian man visits his estranged Romanian father.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-06-02
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America, Here We Come!
2014-10-09
America, Here We Come!
Overview: Six Romanian artists get to live the dream of their life in a road-movie full of adventures: America, here we come! Coming all the way from Targoviste - a little town near the capital, the five actors, director, and a little child with his huge teddy bear, cross the ocean to perform in New York. Not everything goes according to plan though. The six decide, for some extra money, to start working with a local agent, also Romanian, settled in The States for some time, who promises them a major tour.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 2014-10-09
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Beyond the Hills
2012-09-12
Beyond the Hills
Overview: Alina returns to Romania from Germany, hoping to bring Voichita—the only person in the world she loves and was loved by—back with her. But Voichita has found God, and God is the hardest lover of all to best.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 2012-09-12
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S.B.C.R.D.F.
2024-12-30
S.B.C.R.D.F.
Overview: 1920s, Romania. After living abroad for several years, young Mihail comes back to his home village to ask for the hand of the newly widowed Elena. The courage to confess his love quickly disappears and Mihail seeks guidance from the village's old priest. Things get complicated when Mihail discovers that Elena has another suitor, Mândru. Meanwhile, the villagers organize a wedding for the newlyweds who have yet to declare their feelings. Although she decided to leave with Mândru, Elena finds out about Mihail's feelings for her, and the two become bride and groom at the wedding prepared by the villagers.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 2024-12-30
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Km 73
2015-08-12
Km 73
Overview: Dan and Cristi are both parents. Their sons are best friends. On the way to the Lehliu police station, Dan does not have the courage to tell Cristi the whole truth about his son's accident and the real reason for this long drive.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-08-12
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The New Year That Never Came
2024-09-27
The New Year That Never Came
Overview: On the brink of counter-revolution in 1989 Romania, six lives intersect amidst protests and personal struggles, leading to the explosive fall of Ceausescu and the communist regime.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 2024-09-27
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The Concert
2009-11-04
The Concert
Overview: A former world-famous conductor of the Bolshoï orchestra, known as "The Maëstro", Andreï Filipov had seen his career publicly broken by Leonid Brezhnev for hiring Jewish musicians and now works cleaning the concert hall where he once directed. One day, he intercepts an official invitation from the prestigious Théâtre du Châtelet. Through a series of mad antics, he reunites his old orchestra, now composed of old alcoholic musicians, and flies to perform in Paris and complete the Tchaikovsky concerto interrupted 30 years earlier. For the concerto, he engages a young violin soloist with whom he has an unexpected connection.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2009-11-04
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Gone with the Wine
2002-10-21
Gone with the Wine
Overview: A young man's attempt to flee the misery of his alcoholic villagers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 2002-10-21
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A Trip to the City
2004-08-25
A Trip to the City
Overview: A shy teacher and a versatile driver from a small vilage are gonig to town send by the mayor to bring a computer for the Mayoralty and a lavatory for the mayor, but things don't end like they suposed to.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 2004-08-25
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Eastern Business
2016-10-28
Eastern Business
Overview: Two Moldavian friends begin a journey full of adventures and suspense trying various business ideas in order to earn enough money to achieve their dreams.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 2016-10-28
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Meda or The Not So Bright Side of Things
2017-11-24
Meda or The Not So Bright Side of Things
Overview: A lumberjack, Doru, whose wife dies leaving the child she was looking after, Meda, at risk of being sent to an orphanage, decides to fight for adoption, against the odds.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 2017-11-24
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Tales from the Golden Age
2009-05-29
Tales from the Golden Age
Overview: Composed of 6 unconventional short stories, each one dealing with the late communist period in Romania, a narrative is told through its urban myths from the perspective of ordinary people. The title refers to the alluded "Golden Age" of the last 15 years of Ceauşescu's regime.
Genres: Comedy History
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 2009-05-29
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Ho Ho Ho
2009-11-20
Ho Ho Ho
Overview: Horace, a 8 years old boy, who still believes in Santa Clause, received as a Christmas gift a day at the mall. What ought to be a normal Christmas day turns into an adventure when Horace loses his mother. He mets John, a pickpocket disguised as Santa Clause, who was in the middle of an illegal operation. Unlike the Santas on TV, John doesn't seem to like children. Althought, the boy is convinced that this is the real Santa Clause and tail of it, causing all sorts of trouble as dangerous, as funny. Finally John finds the magic of Christmas and Horace discovers that miracles indeed, occur.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-11-20
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They stole the bride
2012-05-11
They stole the bride
Overview: Nina, a former Miss of a province town currently unemployed, who has enough of her boring life with her husband, Cornel. She decides to kidnap Marinela, the bride of an local mobs wedding, in exchange of a huge ransom that hopefully will provide her a better life. Surprisingly enough the bride refuses to return to her disgusting husband and provokes a series of events very serious for her family, but hilarious for the movie.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 2012-05-11
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The Campaign
2021-02-23
The Campaign
Overview: Viorel, a quiet, upright tractor driver from a small town in west Romania meets Mocanu, a high profile politician campaigning for a seat in the European Parliament. Mocanu’s car has broken down nearby and Viorel and his wife welcome the politician into their humble home. Under investigation for corruption, Mocanu sees an opportunity and decides to stay with this modest family during the rest of the campaign, winning people’s hearts by posing as a common man next to his “old friend”, the honest, hard-working farmer. In return, Viorel will get a new tractor.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ro
Release Date: 2021-02-23
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