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The Happiest Girl in the World

Original title: Cea mai fericitã fatã din lume
  • 20092009
  • 1h 39m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
1.5K
YOUR RATING
The Happiest Girl in the World (2009)
  • Comedy
  • Drama
Delia, a young Romanian girl, drives to Bucharest with her parents to collect a prize she won in a contest.Delia, a young Romanian girl, drives to Bucharest with her parents to collect a prize she won in a contest.Delia, a young Romanian girl, drives to Bucharest with her parents to collect a prize she won in a contest.
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
1.5K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Radu Jude
  • Writers
    • Radu Jude
    • Augustina Stanciu
  • Stars
    • Andreea Bosneag
    • Violeta Haret-Popa
    • Vasile Muraru
Top credits
  • Director
    • Radu Jude
  • Writers
    • Radu Jude
    • Augustina Stanciu
  • Stars
    • Andreea Bosneag
    • Violeta Haret-Popa
    • Vasile Muraru
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 8User reviews
    • 25Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Awards
      • 7 wins & 11 nominations

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    Andreea Bosneag in The Happiest Girl in the World (2009)
    Radu Jude and Marius Panduru in The Happiest Girl in the World (2009)
    Radu Jude and Catalin Cristutiu at an event for The Happiest Girl in the World (2009)

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    Andreea Bosneag
    Andreea Bosneag
    • Delia Cristina Fratilaas Delia Cristina Fratila
    Violeta Haret-Popa
    • Mrs. Fratilaas Mrs. Fratila
    • (as Violeta Haret)
    Vasile Muraru
    • Mr. Fratilaas Mr. Fratila
    Serban Pavlu
    Serban Pavlu
    • Directoras Director
    Andi Vasluianu
    Andi Vasluianu
    • Cinematographeras Cinematographer
    Diana Gheorghian
    • Produceras Producer
    Alexandru Georgescu
    • The clientas The client
    Petre Constantin Bombardel
    Luminita Stoianovici
    • Gabi - make-up artistas Gabi - make-up artist
    Doru Catanescu
    Doru Catanescu
    • Mr. Arvunescuas Mr. Arvunescu
    Bogdan Marhodin
    Bogdan Marhodin
    • Viorelas Viorel
    Cristina Serbu
    Claudiu Dumitru
    • Banelas Banel
    Marian Pîrvu
    • Recuziter 2as Recuziter 2
    • Director
      • Radu Jude
    • Writers
      • Radu Jude
      • Augustina Stanciu
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Goofs
      When the family reaches the filming site, they park their car in the parking lot near the fountain, next to the faculty of Architecture. But when the girl has a fight with her dad, and finally accepts to sign for the papers to sell the car, the car is parked near the filming site, next to the sidewalk.
    • Connections
      References Reconstruction (1968)

    User reviews8

    Review
    Top review
    10/10
    Simple & efficient
    I saw this Romanian film at Berlinale and was amazed at how much it achieves with a simple plot and a very limited budget. The film follows Delia, a teenage girl who, after winning a brand new car in some kind of sweepstakes held by a fruit juice brand, has to film a fruit juice commercial in which she has to introduce herself as the winner - the happiest girl in the world, and drink a bottle of advertised juice. That's it as much as the plot is concerned basically, and though it sounds trivial, it is at times hilarious and at times very dramatic. The director based the film after his own experience when shooting a similar commercial with a somewhat difficult girl. He uses long static takes that seemed like a bit of a gimmick at first, but after seeing the excellent actors go at each other in the more dramatic scenes, I completely forgot about it and it made perfect sense to let them do it all in one take.

    So long story short, it's a great simple film that really engaged me at the dramatic parts while still making me laugh out loud a lot. See it if you get a chance!
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    4
    • ursa-menart
    • Apr 1, 2009

    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 8, 2009 (Romania)
    • Countries of origin
      • Romania
      • Netherlands
      • France
      • Japan
    • Language
      • Romanian
    • Also known as
      • Dünya'nın En Mutlu Kızı
    • Filming locations
      • University Square, Bucharest, Romania
    • Production companies
      • HI Film Productions
      • Circe Films
      • Romania Film
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • €650,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $9,998
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 39 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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