Tales from the Golden Age
Tales From The Golden Age / Amintiri din epoca de aur (2009)
Director: Constantin Popescu Jr, Razvan Marculescu, Ioana Uricaru, Hanno Hofer, Cristian Mungiu
Screenwriter: Cristian Mungiu
Cast: Ion Sapdaru, Teodor Corban, Calin Chirila, Radu Iacoban, Diana Cavallioti
Running time: 138 min.
Five short stories dealing with an unconventional personal history of the late Communist period in Romania.
The Legend of the Official Visit
On the occasion of Ceausescu’s working visits, countryside mayors ended up hanging fruit in trees to make sure their villages would be noticed, obeying even the strangest orders from the ferocious Party activists.
The Legend of the Party Photographer
Communist Party secret regulations stated that in official pictures President Ceausescu couldn’t take his hat off in front of the representatives of the rotten capitalistic world, President d’Estaing included.
The Legend of the Chicken Driver
A professional driver decides to open his sealed truck for the first time in his career and discovers the connection between eggs, Easter and marital love.
The Legend of the Greedy Policeman
A policeman gets a live pig as gift before Christmas and decides that gas poisoning would be the best way to kill the animal silently amongst his hungry neighbors.
The Legend of the Air Sellers
In the 80s Romania, Bughi and Crina play Bonnie and Clyde, robbing people of bottled air.
2009 – Official Selection, Un Certain Regard, Cannes Film Festival
Q&A session with director Hanno Hoffer to follow screening
