Comoara (2015)

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

5 wins & 13 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Toma Cuzin	...	Costi
Adrian Purcarescu	...	Adrian
Corneliu Cozmei	...	Cornel
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Radu Bânzaru	...	Vanzator
Dan Chiriac	...	Lica
Iulia Ciochina	...	Vanzatoare
Marius Coanda	...	Politist 2
Florin Kevorkian	...	Sef Costi
Laurentiu Lazar	...	Petrescu
Ciprian Mistreanu	...	Politist 1
Ana Maria Stegaru	...	Copil Adrian
Cristina Cuzina Toma	...	Raluca
Nicodim Toma	...	Alin
Clemence Valleteau	...	Emma Dumont

Storyline

Costi leads a peaceful life. At night he likes to read his 6-year-old son stories, to help him sleep. Their favourite is Robin Hood. Costi sees himself as the hero - righter of wrongs and defender of the oppressed. One evening, his neighbour pays him an unexpected visit and shares a secret: there's treasure buried in his grandparents' garden, he's sure of it. If Costi will hire a metal detector to help locate it, he'll give him half of whatever they get. Skeptical at first, in the end Costi can't resist. He's on board. The two accomplices have one weekend to locate the loot. Despite every obstacle in their path, Costi refuses to be discouraged. For his wife and son, he's a real hero - nothing and no one are going to stop him.

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Plot Keywords:

night | metal detector | treasure | neighbor | children | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan] Official site [Romania]

Country:

Romania France

Language:

Romanian

Release Date:

8 January 2016 (USA)

Also Known As:

El tesoro

Filming Locations:

Bucharest, Romania

Box Office

Budget:

€900,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$13,624, 10 January 2016, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$33,508, 31 January 2016

Company Credits

Production Co:

42 Km Film, Arte France Cinéma, Centre National du Cinéma et de L'image Animée (CNC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

Opus Dei (Life is Life)
Written by Ewald Pfleger, Kurt Rene Plisnier, Günter Grasmuck, Niki Gruber, Herwig Rüdisser
Performed by Laibach

User Reviews

Understated and playfully poignant story of value and its many faces, artfully blocked scenes

Excellent film and a great script, relevant and fresh. The simplicity of it someone had called-out is its very strength, and if it carries some scenes in real time a la Béla Tarr, it is part suspense mechanism for the audience fantasies to play out, as well as to open up space for the viewer to contemplate their own values being addressed.

In it's sparing dialogue (suited to the social air density being portrayed), and not unlike a Roy Anderson film, each point of conversation is another clue or symbol threaded into the moral tableau performed over the course of the film. It deals with profound issues with understated situational comedy, leaving all conclusions up to the viewer. The acting deserves another notable mention, naturalistic and effortlessly comedic.

We've seen it as a group German, Swiss, American and were all delighted with the ending neither one of us guessed! Keen for the next film from this director.