Cristian Mungiu
Date of Birth: 27 Apr 1968
Country: Romania
Biography: Cristian Mungiu (born 27 April 1968) is a Romanian filmmaker. He won the Palme d'Or at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival for his film 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, which he wrote and directed.
Total Credits at Criticker: 7 (Director), 9 (Writer)
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A drama set in Bucharest during the "golden" years of Communism, about the horrors of the Securitate, and the brutality and absurdness of its methods used. (imdb)
Occident tells, in mosaic mode, three different stories which happen at the same time, interconnect and cross each other, with each story adding a new perspective on the previous one. Mungiu uses humour and lightness of touch to make a comment about early post-communist Romania, a depressing landscape resulting from the collision of the former communist world with the new and flamboyant capitalist offer. (Romanian Cultural Centre)
A comedy based on the most hilarious Romanian urban legens of the 1980s, the late Communist period.
Zapping (2000) - Short Film
In a shabby apartment somewhere in Romania, a man obsessively zap between his TV channels despite the wife's complaints and nagging. But where his wife fails, a little man inside the TV will appear and tell Sotul a thing or two about the true mechanics of television zapping... (imdb)
A drama about a woman who seems able to overcome everything for freedom, except for her past mistakes. (imdb)
In an isolated Orthodox convent in Romania, Alina has just been reunited with Voichita after spending several years in Germany. The two young women have supported and loved each other since meeting as children in an orphanage. (mubi.com)
A reflection on the history of Romania through the meeting of its Romanian, Hungarian, Moldavian communities.
An art heist in a Rotterdam-based museum leads to poignant reflections on the treatment of Romanian migrants in Europe. Teodora Ana Mihai’s second feature is a scathing critique on globalism and the exploitation of those that dream of a better life. Imagine successfully stealing a famous painting worth millions of euros, but then you are faced with a dilemma: how do you go about selling it? This is the subject of Teodora Ana Mihai’s second feature film Traffic. Loosely based on true events, t