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Next Stop Paradise

Original title: Terminus paradis
  • 1998
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 39m
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
2.5K
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Next Stop Paradise (1998)
CrimeDramaRomance

The Bucharest's suburb, a torrid summer day. Norica, a waitress and Mitu, a swineherd, meet and tease each other and starts a beverage competition. Their relationship is not just a one-night... Read allThe Bucharest's suburb, a torrid summer day. Norica, a waitress and Mitu, a swineherd, meet and tease each other and starts a beverage competition. Their relationship is not just a one-night stand. It would end with a marriage, if Norica wouldn't want to marry Gili, her 50's boss... Read allThe Bucharest's suburb, a torrid summer day. Norica, a waitress and Mitu, a swineherd, meet and tease each other and starts a beverage competition. Their relationship is not just a one-night stand. It would end with a marriage, if Norica wouldn't want to marry Gili, her 50's boss and boyfriend, and if Mitu wouldn't have to make two years of military service. Mitu's pa... Read all

  • Director
    • Lucian Pintilie
  • Writers
    • Radu Aldulescu
    • Lucian Pintilie
    • Rasvan Popescu
  • Stars
    • Costel Cascaval
    • Dorina Chiriac
    • Gheorghe Visu
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    7.8/10
    2.5K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Lucian Pintilie
    • Writers
      • Radu Aldulescu
      • Lucian Pintilie
      • Rasvan Popescu
    • Stars
      • Costel Cascaval
      • Dorina Chiriac
      • Gheorghe Visu
    • 11User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 7 wins & 1 nomination total

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    Costel Cascaval
    • Mitu
    Dorina Chiriac
    Dorina Chiriac
    • Norica
    Gheorghe Visu
    Gheorghe Visu
    • Vatasescu
    Victor Rebengiuc
    Victor Rebengiuc
    • Grigore Cafanu
    Razvan Vasilescu
    Razvan Vasilescu
    • Cpt. Burci
    Gabriel Spahiu
    Gabriel Spahiu
    • Nelu
    Dan Tudor
    Dan Tudor
    Doru Ana
    Doru Ana
    • Gili
    Petrica Gheorghiu
    Cornel Scripcaru
    Coca Bloos
    • Mitu's Mother
    Dragos Bucur
    Dragos Bucur
    Marius Calugarita
    • Soldat
    Serban Pavlu
    Serban Pavlu
    • Nicu
    Cosmin Selesi
    • Zache
    • Director
      • Lucian Pintilie
    • Writers
      • Radu Aldulescu
      • Lucian Pintilie
      • Rasvan Popescu
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    User reviews11

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    9bila

    Go and see it !

    Terminus Paradis in one word: a mirror of real life, with shocking ideas, shocking words and images. Under this, a simple, but exhaustive analysis of post-communist Romanian life. The simple action, built on an American-like image, shows the pathological typology of the new "capitalist" mentality, adapted from the elder East-European one. The reactions of post-communist changes are different. Violence, on one side (like Cafanu, the hero of the story) and passivity, on the other side (like his colonel) are just a flash aimed on the Romanian mind.
    10elvantin

    This is more than a movie. This is real Romanian life!

    Terminus Paradis is the movie that impressed me the most until now. It's about life and how to make a living. It's about the impossibility to make a family in Romania, because of hard living. The language is exactly the language of every Romanian: dirty, mean, sick, intrigant, etc. I personally know Costel Cascaval (Mitu in the movie) and I've discussed with him about this movie. Again I'm telling you: it's not a movie, it's a FACT, it's real life! And the actors, they're not acting, they just play their roles. Nothing is fake! Everything is reality! In the army service everything happens like you saw in the movie. In Romania, everything goes like it was presented there!
    Kirpianuscus

    new page of a war

    a cry. or , maybe, a parable. strange at first sigh. and painful confession about reality, dream, looking for happiness, definition of life. to say that it is a film by Lucian Pintilie could be enough. but not only the dark story, with a memorable last scene, not the profound message who can be understand only by East European public in its essential dimension are important but the fascinate performances of Dorina Chiriac and Costel Cașcaval. a film of fury and escapes, revenge against yourself and run to death, it is perfect example of beauty of mud and force of small people. aphorisms and crumbs from other films by Pintilie. and step of a personal fight against the images of every day reality of one of the most important Romanian directors.
    Vincentiu

    bitter wake up

    gray, cruel, cynical, poetic, dramatic, touching, maybe strange. the film of a state of soul. film of a profound crisis. and image of hope's lost. out of brutal language remains its special beauty. few magnificent scenes, few crazy scenes. and the splendid acting - Gheorghe Visu does one of his extraordinary roles. high result of a rare artistic team, work of a great director, it impose an admirable actor - Costel Cascaval who use , with force and precision, each trait of his character. a film about Romanian reality, a cry, it is a real good film. and after its end, that fact is only important. because the tension, the stories, the search of sense are only tools for an impressive movie. must see it ! and than it could become a kind of experience. not only an artistic one.
    8FilmCriticLalitRao

    Some train journeys are not meant to be made in Romania !!!

    One meaning of "Terminus Paradis" is that all trains have to stop somewhere. This is true for human beings too as all of their journeys must inevitably end somewhere. This is precisely something which the maverick Romanian master Lucian Pintilie has shown in his film. At its core "Terminus Paradis" is an eccentric love story par excellence. When I say an eccentric love story, I mean that in this poignant story the end is not something which the lovers had always anticipated.The leading actress Dorina Chiriac has a charming doll like face. This has surely helped her to give dazzling touches to her very naive looking character. A lot can be said about Costel Cascaval's acting talents too. He has given a solid, convincing performance.Enjoy this film by drinking a lot of beer.

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    • Trivia
      Romania's official submission to the 71st Academy Awards (1999) for Best Foreign Language Film.
    • Goofs
      When Costel Cascaval announces that he will be joining army no matter what, his mother is not wearing her glasses as she cries. In the next shot, when she is pushed out of the car, she is wearing glasses.

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    • Release date
      • October 7, 1998 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • France
      • Romania
      • Italy
    • Language
      • Romanian
    • Also known as
      • The Man with the Rifle
    • Filming locations
      • Bucharest, Romania
    • Production companies
      • Canal+
      • Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)
      • Cinematográfica Filmex S.A.
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 39 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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