Aferim!

20152015
Not RatedNot Rated
1h 48min

7.6/10

Adventure Comedy Drama

Set in early 19th century Romania, a policeman, Costandin, is hired by a nobleman to find a Gypsy slave who has run away from his estate after having an affair with his wife.Set in early 19th century Romania, a policeman, Costandin, is hired by a nobleman to find a Gypsy slave who has run away from his estate after having an affair with his wife.Set in early 19th century Romania, a policeman, Costandin, is hired by a nobleman to find a Gypsy slave who has run away from his estate after having an affair with his wife.Set in early 19th century Romania, a policeman, Costandin, is hired by a nobleman to find a Gypsy slave who has run away from his estate after having an affair with his wife.Set in early 19th century Romania, a policeman, Costandin, is hired by a nobleman to find a Gypsy slave who has run away from his estate after having an affair with his wife.

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Awards
- 23 wins & 8 nominations

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Aferim!

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Alexandru Dabija, Teodor Corban, and Mihai Comanoiu in Aferim! (2015)

Mihai Comanoiu and Alberto Dinache in Aferim! (2015)

Toma Cuzin, Teodor Corban, and Mihai Comanoiu in Aferim! (2015)

Teodor Corban and Mihai Comanoiu in Aferim! (2015)

Mihaela Sirbu and Teodor Corban in Aferim! (2015)

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Set in early 19th century Wallachia, when a local policeman, Costandin, is hired by Iordache, a boyar (local noble), to find Carfin, a Gypsy slave who had run away from the boyar's estate after having an affair with his wife, Sultana. Costandin sets out to find the fugitive, beginning a journey full of adventures. Gypsy slavery lasted from the 14th century up until the middle of the 19th century, a situation which is very little known and almost nonexistent in the public debate today, although its impact continues to influence Romania's social life.

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Trivia
"Aferim!" is an Ottoman Turkish expression meaning "Bravo!".

Goofs
When she talks with Constandin, Smaranda calls him Carfin once.

Quotes
The Priest: Each nation has its purpose. The Jews, to cheat, the Turks, to do harm, us Romanians to love and suffer like Christ. And each has their habits. Hebrews reads a lot, Greeks talks a lot, Turks has many wives, Arabs has many teeth, Germans smokes a lot, Hungarians eats a lot, Russians drinks a lot, English thinks a lot, French likes fashion a lot, Armenians are lazy, Circassians wears much lace, Italians lies a lot, Serbians cheats a lot, Gypsies get beaten! Gypsies must be slaves.

Connections
Featured in Bir Sigmund Weinberg belge-meseli (2020)

Soundtracks
Tipto tiptis
Original music composed by Antonie Pantoleon-Petroveanu (as Anton Pann)
Performed by Florin Iordan, Marian Cleante (violin), Sandu Constantin (vocals), Gheorghe Falcaru (whistle)

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useful

an useful film. for understand the roots of modern Romania. a beautiful one. for archaic language's flavor, for the nuances of emotions, for the powerful clichés who defines the Walachian society not only in the year 1835. a seductive film. for the good performances, for the crumbs from great films, for the art to broke the limits between artistic film and documentary. an interesting film. for the science to reflect a period's deep lines of life. for humanity and for the grace of details. for the art not to remand but recreate not only a portrait but a state . for dialogs and for the values. for something who reflects the profound Romania behind the definitions or verdicts. Teodor Corban does an admirable job and Radu Jude becomes more than a promise for Romanian cinema. because, for the foreign public Aferim ! could be a slice of exotic world from Balkans in the XIX century. for the Romanians it represents chain of answers for a lot of questions. and, maybe, an exercise of honesty.

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