Completed - ROMANIAN - Drama, Historical - 128 minutes
Linking a young opponent and the official story of Ceausescu‘s Romania brings to light an unknown hero 30 years after the fall of communism.
Year of production : 2019 Director(s) : Radu JUDE
Based on the play ‘Tipografic Majuscul’ by Gianina Cărbunariu.Romania, 1981.Ceaușescu is in office, leading a communist Romania.He writes the official story with the help of the NationalTelevision.Mugur Călinescu, a 16 y.o. teenager, writes another story on walls with chalked uppercase protest messages against the regime. His actions are compiled in a voluminous file kept by the Secret Police (Securitate), which observed, apprehended, interrogated and destroyed him.Linking both stories - secret and public - personal andcollective - brings to light an unknown hero 30 years after the fall of communism.
Country(ies) : ROMANIA
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