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Director:

Radu Muntean

Writers:

Alexandru Baciu (writer)
Radu Muntean (writer)
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Release Date:

13 October 2006 (Romania) more

Genre:

Action | Drama more

Plot:

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. | add synopsis

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Awards:

5 wins & 3 nominations more

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This film is a good first step in beginning to make sense of the last days of the Ceausescu regime. more (4 total)


Cast

  (Credited cast)
Paul Ipate ... Costi
Adi Carauleanu ... Lt. Neagu
Dragos Bucur ... Dragos
Tudor Istodor ... Bogdan
Alexandru Potocean ... Vasile
Andi Vasluianu ... Aurel
Dana Dogaru ... Dna Andronescu
Ion Sapdaru ... Craciun
Mimi Branescu ... Lt. Deleanu
Alexandru Georgescu ... Lt. Voinescu
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Valentin Antofi ... Redactor TVR

Doru Boguta ... Ranit
Viorel Comanici ... Maior Costinas
Constantin Dita ... Panghe
Mirela Oprisor ... Dorina
Gabriel Spahiu ... Georgescu
Andrei Traian ... Col. Argaseala
Ana Ularu ... Angela

Adrian Vancica ... Sg. Pana
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

The Paper Will Be Blue (International: English title)
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Runtime:

Romania:92 min | Romania:95 min

Country:

Romania

Language:

Romanian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Filming Locations:

Bucharest, Romania

Company:

Multimedia Est more


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9 out of 11 people found the following comment useful.
This film is a good first step in beginning to make sense of the last days of the Ceausescu regime., 7 September 2007
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Author: Dominic Ambrose from France

This is a film about one of the most iconic and fateful events of the fall of communism in Eastern Europe, the liberation of Romania in December, 1989. It was the most brutal confrontation of that historical period, and the one that is perhaps least understood.

The film opens with a scene of senseless violence, a case of confusion and wild gunfire in the dawn hours of December 23, 1989. This serves as the context and creates the mood of panic, confusion and deadly danger of this film.

The film takes us inside an armored militia vehicle as it patrols the streets of Bucharest on the darkest night of revolution. The soldiers are confused, unsure of even the most basic truths about their job: Who are they protecting? What are they defending and who are they fighting? Who are they serving? What country is this? The soldiers have no idea,and they prefer not to think about it.

This is the story of revolution. What seems to us such heroic activity guided by higher ideals of liberty and justice, is often unimaginable confusion and wasteful carnage.

The performances are very good, the characterizations low keyed and hemmed in, just as these soldiers are hemmed in by the circumstances they find themselves in. The dialog is terse and chattering, in nervous counterpoint to the deadly serious events. But the events are at times mercilessly confusing, and this tends to decrease the impact of some of the key scenes. Just because the characters are confused doesn't mean that the film viewers should be as well! This is especially true at the television station when it is quite difficult to tell which side the soldiers there are defending.

In general, the film is quite successful in that it brings the viewer into that time and place, and makes the madness come alive. I think there is room for further development of some of the characters, as there is so much irony in their predicament that is only obliquely alluded to. As for the ending, I was a bit disappointed that the filmmaker chose not to show the final scene that we are left to imagine. It seems like a choice of modesty that does not give full impact to the pathological nature of war.

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