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Reconstruction

Original title: Reconstituirea
  • 19681968
  • 1h 40m
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Reconstituirea (1968)
  • Comedy
  • Drama
A prosecutor, policemen and teacher bring the students Vuica and Nicu to a restaurant to re-enact their drunken brawl there, and have it filmed to show the effects of alcoholism.A prosecutor, policemen and teacher bring the students Vuica and Nicu to a restaurant to re-enact their drunken brawl there, and have it filmed to show the effects of alcoholism.A prosecutor, policemen and teacher bring the students Vuica and Nicu to a restaurant to re-enact their drunken brawl there, and have it filmed to show the effects of alcoholism.
IMDb RATING
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  • Director
    • Lucian Pintilie
  • Writers
    • Horia Patrascu(novel)
    • Lucian Pintilie
  • Stars
    • George Constantin
    • Emil Botta
    • George Mihaita
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  • Director
    • Lucian Pintilie
  • Writers
    • Horia Patrascu(novel)
    • Lucian Pintilie
  • Stars
    • George Constantin
    • Emil Botta
    • George Mihaita
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    • 6User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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    George Constantin
    • Procurorulas Procurorul
    Emil Botta
    • Paveliuas Paveliu
    George Mihaita
    George Mihaita
    • Vuicaas Vuica
    Vladimir Gaitan
    • Nicuas Nicu
    Ernest Maftei
    • Plt. Dumitrescuas Plt. Dumitrescu
    Ileana Popovici
    • Domnisoaraas Domnisoara
    Stefan Moisescu
    • Draganas Dragan
    Nikolaus Wolcz
    • Vladas Vlad
    • (as Niky Volcz)
    Ion Radulescu
    • Tomaas Toma
    Nita Anastase
    Vasile Alexandru
    Teodor Berca
    Elena Fronus
    • Director
      • Lucian Pintilie
    • Writers
      • Horia Patrascu(novel) (screenplay)
      • Lucian Pintilie
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    A prosecutor, policemen and teacher bring the students Vuica and Nicu to a restaurant to re-enact their drunken brawl there, and have it filmed to show the effects of alcoholism.
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      Named the 'best Romanian film of all time' by the Romanian Film Critics Association.
    • Connections
      Referenced in The Happiest Girl in the World (2009)

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    Reconstituirea, 51 Years After
    Watching Lucian Pintilie's 'Reconstituirea', filmed in 1968 and distributed in 1970, is for me a reunion with this film, after 51 years. I was, in 1970, among the lucky cinephiles in Romania who got to see the film at the only cinema in Bucharest where the screening was allowed. The re-viewing confirmed my opinion held during the 51 years that have passed since then, based on the strong impression that the film made on me at my first watching. 'Reconstituirea' is a unique film, completely different from everything that had been done before in Romania, it is an infusion of truth in a cinema suffocated by propaganda, it is a film that assimilates creatively much of what was created valuable in the world cinema in the previous decade . Much of what followed in the Romanian cinema before but especially after 1990 has its starting point in this film. The fact that it was banned after a few weeks of screening, that it was pre-empted from being screened at the 1970 Cannes Film Festival, and that it was hidden from the audiences until the fall of communism is not surprising. Its topic related to the life of the young generation in a bureaucratic and totalitarian society is perfectly in sync with the protest movements of the youth around the world in 1968 when it was made.

    (For the English speaking movie fans - the title of the film is better translated into 'The Re-enactment' rather than 'Reconstruction' as translated on IMDB)

    The story takes place on the edge of a mountain town, near a stadium. Two young people, Nicu (Vladimir Gaitan) and Vuica (George Mihaita) are brought with the militia van to film the re-enactment of an incident that took place a week ago, at their high school graduation party. Intoxicated by alcohol, the boys got into a fight, destroyed 'public property' and injured a waiter. They are actually free, but they are not told that from the beginning, to serve the 'educational' purposes of the film. The characters around them are a human micro-cosmos of a part of Romania at that time: a semi-illiterate militiaman (Ernest Maftei), a prosecutor who keeps those around him in fear but who has his own personal problems (George Constantin) , an alcoholic teacher, hit by destiny, a complexed and marginalised intellectual (Emil Botta), a beautiful young girl who tries to enjoy life (Ileana Popovici). The two young men are obliged to reconstitute a violence that is not in their character. Fear is invisible but it determines their actions. A small incident of youth turns into a case that can destroy their lives. The noises in the stands of the nearby stadium can be heard constantly. At the end of the match, the crowd leaves the stadium. The simulated violence has tragic consequences.

    The censors had good reason to be shocked by this film, which is subversive on several levels. The screenwriter Horia Patrascu and the director Lucian Pintilie did not make any concessions. The characters are presented in their true light, intellectually limited, with atrophied moral senses, mimicking a legal and educational process that hides repression. The world of young people is opposed to the generation that has already learned to cope with the system, but it is also devoid of hope and moral compass. The crowd coming out of the stadium is frightening with their faces, prejudices and a lack of understanding of what is happening. The pretext of the film in the film is used brilliantly, and the title itself, 'Reconstituirea', identical to Virgil Calotescu's propaganda film made nine years before about the case of heist from the National Bank, alludes to the use of cinema as a propaganda tool. The wonderful team of actors creates some of the best roles in the film careers of each of them. The reunion with 'Reconstituirea' 51 years after the first viewing strengthened my opinion that this film is the formative work of Romanian cinema, a film that integrates perfectly among the best works of film art of the late '60s. By cutting the access of this film to the audiences in Romania and world-wide, the communist censorship of the time determined that it should remain a singular masterpiece, instead of creating, at that time, a remarkable Romanian film school.
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    • Release date
      • January 5, 1970 (Romania)
    • Country of origin
      • Romania
    • Language
      • Romanian
    • Also known as
      • Die Rekonstruktion
    • Filming locations
      • Romania
    • Production company
      • Filmstudio Bucuresti
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      1 hour 40 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono

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