Synopse
Romeo is a doctor in a small town in Transylvania. He's always planned for his daughter Eliza to leave Romania at 18 to study abroad. The time is now approaching and Eliza has won a scholarship to study psychology in the UK and now only has to do her final exams. On the day before the first one, she is attacked and raped. It is unthinkable that she will still sit the exam, but Romeo pulls all the strings he knows to get her the desired leaving grades. To this end, he throws the moral principles he once taught his daughter out of the window. In his new film, Cristian Mungiu portrays a country eroded by corruption and a man wading ever deeper into the morass.
Regie
Cristian Mungiu (*1968) studied film science in Bucharest. In 2007, he was the first Rumanian to win the Golden Palm in Cannes for 4 months, 3 weeks & 2 days. The film was chosen as Rumania’s nomination for an Oscar.
Info
Original Title: Bacalaureat
International Title: Graduation
Category: Feature
Section: Kaleidoskop
Version & Subtitles: Romanian OV with German subtitles
Director & Screenplay: Cristian Mungiu
Cast/Protagonists: Adrian Titieni, Maria Dragus, Lia Bugnar, Malina Manovici, Vlad Ivanov, Gelu Colceag, Rares Andrici, Petre Ciubotaru, Alexandra Davidescu, Emanuel Parvu, Lucian Ifrim, Gigi Ifrim, Adrian Vancica, Orsolya Moldovan
Production country: Romania, Belgium, France
Year of Production: 2016
Length: 128 min
Producer: Cristian Mungiu
Production company: Mobra Films, Why Not Productions
Cinematography: Tudor Vladimir Panduru
Editor: Mircea Olteanu
Production Design: Simona Paduretu
World Sales: Esther Devos, Wild Bunch International (bis 2022)
