Summer Holiday (2008)
"Boogie" (original title)

On his spring break at the seaside, with his wife and his four year old son, Bogdan Ciocazanu runs into his best friends from high-school at the precise date and time that reminds all of ... See full summary »

Director:

Radu Muntean

Writers:

Alexandru Baciu, Radu Muntean,

Stars:

Dragos Bucur, Anamaria Marinca, Mimi Branescu

9 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview:
Dragos Bucur	...	Bogdan Ciocazanu
Anamaria Marinca	...	Smaranda Ciocazanu
Mimi Branescu	...	Penescu
Adrian Vancica	...	Iordache
Vlad Muntean	...	Adrian Ciocazanu
Geanina Varga	...	Roxana
Roxana Iancu	...	Ramona
Maria Alexandra Birleanu	...	Waitress

Storyline

On his spring break at the seaside, with his wife and his four year old son, Bogdan Ciocazanu runs into his best friends from high-school at the precise date and time that reminds all of them of their most glorious drinking trips and sexual escapades of their younger days. Frustrated that, between his job and his family, time is no longer his to manage and play with, Boogie now takes his shock dosage of freedom and spends a night to tick off all the items on the map of his youth (drinking, games, flirting, prostitutes). In the morning, after the disillusionment of the remake he experiences with his former friends, he returns to his wife.

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Plot Keywords:

spring break | seaside | thirty something | high school friends | male frontal nudity | 

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Taglines:

Boogie finds himself caught between family obligations and the temptation of a night out like in the good old days.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [fr]

Country:

Romania

Language:

Romanian

Release Date:

19 September 2008 (Romania)

Also Known As:

Summer Holiday

Filming Locations:

Neptun Resort, Romania

Box Office

Budget:

€666,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Multimedia Est

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min 98 min (Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente)

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The location as mentioned in the movie is Neptun resort, but actually all the beach sequences were filmed in Saturn resort. As the main character is coming out of the water, one can clearly identify three seaside hotels from Saturn: Hora, Balada and Sirena. In fact, in Neptun there are no hotels close to the beach.

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Goofs

The evening out on the Amfiteatru terrace, one of the guys says they should go bowling in Olimp, but they are already there, as Amfiteatru is a renowned hotel & restaurant in Olimp resort.

User Reviews

made of fail

I regret wasting two hours of my life with this film. Plot-wise, it is utterly pointless, Dragos Bucur's unconvincing struggle with his midlife crisis managed only to annoy the hell out of me. Frankly, it was so bad that it became uncomfortable to watch and I even considered walking out of the theatre, but I endured eventually. Also, from a technical point of view, this film is the perfect example of a standard Romanian production. Sound quality and cinematography are ridiculous. The background noises manage to drown half of the lines (not that one misses much wit there). Everything that could go wrong in a typically Romanian film goes wrong. There is really no point in seeing this for yourself, save two hours of your life and watch something else.