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The Treasure

Original title: Comoara
  • 2015
  • Unrated
  • 1h 29m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
3.1K
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The Treasure (2015)
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Comedy

Costi is a family man whose cash-strapped neighbor makes him an intriguing proposition: help him find the fortune reportedly buried somewhere on the grounds of his family's country home in R... Read allCosti is a family man whose cash-strapped neighbor makes him an intriguing proposition: help him find the fortune reportedly buried somewhere on the grounds of his family's country home in Romania and split the profits.Costi is a family man whose cash-strapped neighbor makes him an intriguing proposition: help him find the fortune reportedly buried somewhere on the grounds of his family's country home in Romania and split the profits.

  • Director
    • Corneliu Porumboiu
  • Writer
    • Corneliu Porumboiu
  • Stars
    • Toma Cuzin
    • Adrian Purcarescu
    • Corneliu Cozmei
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.7/10
    3.1K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Corneliu Porumboiu
    • Writer
      • Corneliu Porumboiu
    • Stars
      • Toma Cuzin
      • Adrian Purcarescu
      • Corneliu Cozmei
    • 20User reviews
    • 87Critic reviews
    • 85Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 5 wins & 13 nominations

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    Toma Cuzin and Nicodim Toma in The Treasure (2015)
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    The Treasure (2015)
    Toma Cuzin and Nicodim Toma in The Treasure (2015)
    Toma Cuzin, Adrian Purcarescu, and Corneliu Cozmei in The Treasure (2015)
    Adrian Purcarescu in The Treasure (2015)
    Toma Cuzin and Cristina Cuzina Toma in The Treasure (2015)
    Toma Cuzin and Corneliu Cozmei in The Treasure (2015)
    Toma Cuzin and Adrian Purcarescu in The Treasure (2015)
    Toma Cuzin and Nicodim Toma in The Treasure (2015)
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    Toma Cuzin
    Toma Cuzin
    • Costi
    Adrian Purcarescu
    • Adrian
    Corneliu Cozmei
    • Cornel
    Radu Bânzaru
    • Vanzator
    Dan Chiriac
    • Lica
    Iulia Ciochina
    • Vanzatoare
    Marius Coanda
    • Politist 2
    Florin Kevorkian
    • Sef Costi
    Laurentiu Lazar
    • Petrescu
    Ciprian Mistreanu
    • Politist 1
    Ahmed Radwan Mohamed
    Saif Mohsen
    • Master
    Ana Maria Stegaru
    • Copil Adrian
    Cristina Cuzina Toma
    • Raluca
    Nicodim Toma
    • Alin
    Clemence Valleteau
    • Emma Dumont
    • Director
      • Corneliu Porumboiu
    • Writer
      • Corneliu Porumboiu
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    An unusual comedy with sly smiles about humanity's foolishness.
    "A man makes his own problems; they don't descend from heaven." Cornel (Corneliu Cozmei)

    The two heroes of the strange but lovable Romanian comedy, The Treasure, do create their problems, mainly digging for treasure in a backyard with the help of Cornel and his metal detector. Although the two hapless diggers are in serious need of cash flow, there is something mock heroic in their haphazard plans that are bound to go wrong from the get go. Not even to say the possibility of Cornel blackmailing them for breaking Romanian found-treasure laws.

    Chaucer's Pardoner's Tale tells of the dire consequences when men try to find easy gold, and Treasure of Sierra Madre has a similarly fateful trajectory. Beckett's Waiting for Godot also comes to mind as the search has a simplicity, frustration, and sure-to fail feel to it. However, The Treasure has a lighter tone, not hilarious by any means, but aiming to take this goofy quest and make it a modern morality tale with Keystone-Cops flavor.

    The "takes" are long and slow with an emphasis on establishing, diminishing, and revealing character through conversation in an everyday mode that veritably shouts out the inevitable upending. The pace is leisurely if not downright slow—you know you're almost in real time as you watch them slowly dig for the treasure. The occasional long shots seem to emphasize the long-shot stupidity of the enterprise.

    It's the ending that will wake you from your torpor to wide-eyed wonder. Enough said.
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    • JohnDeSando
    • Feb 27, 2016

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    • Release date
      • January 8, 2016 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Romania
      • France
    • Official sites
      • Official site (Japan)
      • Official site (Romania)
    • Language
      • Romanian
    • Also known as
      • El tesoro
    • Filming locations
      • Bucharest, Romania
    • Production companies
      • 42 Km Film
      • Arte France Cinéma
      • Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • €900,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $50,203
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $13,624
      • Jan 10, 2016
    • Gross worldwide
      • $82,392
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 29 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby SR
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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