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Serban Pavlu | |||
Alexandru Potocean | |||
Nicolae Ceausescu | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Ioana Iacob | ||
Doru Catanescu | |||
Constantin Dogioiu | |||
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Bogdan Zamfir | ||
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Serban Lazarovici | ||
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Silvian Vâlcu |
It is the story of Mugur Calinescu, a Romanian teenager who wrote graffiti messages of protest against the regime of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and was subsequently apprehended, interrogated, and ultimately crushed by the secret police.
The story the movie is based on is true and moving. The play that the movie adopted (not adapted, adopted, as in integrated with) might be good as well. Where the movie went off into the weeds for me was when the director decided to cut frequently and without any meaningful transition from the play (actors reading from old security service reports) to an eclectic assortment of TV clips from the era. The period clips have very little to do with the story. They neither complement the story nor does the sequencing of clips tell a story of its own. They're just filler, plain and simple. Big missed opportunity.