Restul e tacere (2007)

Director:

Nae Caranfil

Writer:

Nae Caranfil (writer)

Release Date:

7 March 2008 (Romania)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

In 1911-12, the Romanian movie director Grigore Brezianu and the financial tycoon Leon Popescu made...

Plot Keywords:

Shakespeare's Hamlet | Title Based On Shakespeare | Cinema | Part Animated | Death

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Marius Florea Vizante	...	Grig
Ovidiu Niculescu	...	Leon
Mirela Zeta	...	Emilia
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Vasile Albinet	...	Capitan dorobanti
Radu Banzaru	...	Maior Bujor
Silviu Biris	...	Raoul
Constantin Dita
Ilie Gâlea	...	Pacient 2
Sandu Mihai Gruia	...	Iancu
Alexandru Hasnas	...	Carol I
Razvan Hîncu	...	Laertes
Marcel Horobet
Petre Lupu	...	Pacient 1
Nicu Mihoc	...	Anton V.
Dan Nanoveanu	...	Nea Gusi
Gavril Patru	...	Cameramanul
Valentin Popescu	...	Catargiu
Gabriel Spahiu	...	Un domn bizar
Samuel Tastet	...	Raymond Duffin
Nicolae Urs	...	Pacient 3
Vlad Zamfirescu	...	Nutu Ferefide

Also Known As:

The Rest Is Silence (International: English title)

Runtime:

145 min

Country:

Romania

Language:

Romanian | French | German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Filming Locations:

Bucharest, Romania

Company:

Domino Film

Trivia:

Romania's official selection for the 2009 Oscars.

Quotes:

Carol I: A "director"...?... So what the hell does this child do?
Grig: Me, I reign, Sire!

Movie Connections:

Features Independenta Romaniei (1912)

A much better view

The latest hits of Romanian cinematography are all movies which show Romania in gray tones. So far they've been successful and i really appreciate those movies but it's about time that a director does the normal thing, to change the pace of Romanian films a little. Through the magic of Nae Caramfil and the help of a consistent budget, we have a film good enough to compare with Hollywood productions and who still keeps his artistic integrity and doesn't fall into commercialism.

The script is brilliant and fearless, with cleaver lines and a language to suit the depicted times.

Marius Vizante has a great performance as a frustrated but proud young director, and Ovidiu Niculescu's unlikely (Niculescu having neither the age, neither the stature of Leon Negrescu) cast in the role of Leon proved to be a really good choice.

I sincerely believe that this movie will be a milestone in Romanian cinematography and i hope that many as good as this one will follow.