The Way I Spent the End of the World
(Cum mi-am petrecut sfârsitul lumii)
Directed by Catalin Mitulescu.
With Doroteea Petre, Ionut Becheru, Jean Constantin.
Romania/France, 2006, digital video, color, 106 min.
Romanian with English subtitles.
Copy source: Pyramide Films
With Doroteea Petre, Ionut Becheru, Jean Constantin.
Romania/France, 2006, digital video, color, 106 min.
Romanian with English subtitles.
Copy source: Pyramide Films
Mitulescu’s deeply felt debut film chronicles Romania’s transition from Communist dictatorship to democracy from the perspective of a headstrong young woman whose devotion to her family and country are tested by her taste of first love and expulsion from school. Doroteea Petre’s beautiful performance earned her a prize at Cannes and brings a rare energy to this compassionate story of late blossoming youth.
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Directed by Catalin Mitulescu.
With Maria Dinulescu, Andi Vasluianu.
Romania, 2004, 35mm, color, 15 min.
Romanian with English subtitles.
Print source: Hi Film Productions
An enigmatic episode in a seemingly average day of a disaffected Romanian business. Caught in Bucharest traffic and fragmentary conversations with his four year old daughter, his mind and eyes begin to wander. Mitueslcu’s haunting short was winner of the 2004 Palme d’Or for Short Films at Cannes.
