Medal of Honor (2009)
"Medalia de onoare" (original title)

Accidentally receiving a Romanian Medal of Honor, a 75-years-old retiree uses it to regain respect from his family.

Director:

Calin Peter Netzer

Writer:

Tudor Voican

Stars:

Victor Rebengiuc, Camelia Zorlescu, Mimi Branescu

14 wins & 5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Victor Rebengiuc	...	Ion
Camelia Zorlescu	...	Nina
Mimi Branescu	...	Cornel
Florina Fernandes	...	Rita - Cornel's wife
Filimon Nickolas	...	Joshua
Mircea Andreescu	...	Administrator
Catalina Murgea	...	Sotie administrator
Ion Iliescu	...	Himself
Simona Bondoc	...	D-na Popescu
Eugenia Bosânceanu	...	D-na Petrescu
Ion Lucian	...	Presedinto Veterani
Anca Pandrea	...	Secretara Veterani
Tatiana Iekel	...	Sotie Ion J. Ion
Constantin Draganescu	...	Petre (as Costica Draganescu)
Gabriel Spahiu	...	Maistrul ternoficare

Storyline

One day Ion, a 75 year old Romanian man, accidentally receives a Medal of Honor for some 'heroic' actions back in WW2, times he barely remembers. The medal forces Ion to reconsider his whole life. Maybe he wasn't all the time a loser. Maybe his life has a meaning. Maybe he means something to his family.

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

Germany Romania

Language:

Romanian

Release Date:

12 November 2010 (Romania)

Also Known As:

Ehrenmedaille

Filming Locations:

Bucharest, Romania

Company Credits

Production Co:

HI Film Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

104 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

On his bus ride from the Ministry of Defence, Ion passes the Romanian capitol building, Casa Poporului (the "House of the People"). In 1995, when the story takes place, the building was still unfinished and would be surrounded by construction cranes.

User Reviews

Nothing new, nothing old

Piece of Romanian reality, this movie is only another brick to classical atmosphere. A society without clear rapers, in the sea of memories, fragile, cower, small, behind childish games and bovaric circles. In fact, it is more that. Victor Rebengiuc is subtle and strong in the skin of a character who may be very well, only a shadow. So, the scenes are slices of a way to read the existence. The hope and minor drama are mixed and the taste is , in same time, awful and melancholic. A world in which Don Quijote is mask for every Oblomov. In which the story of Abu -Hassan is present and the joy are only proves of cynic destiny. A film about fake success and empty universes. A description of the importance of image and the drama without bones. A film about pains of East in which the medals, relationships and feelings are accidents.