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Synopsis: Bucharest 1959. A spectacular Bank heist has the country in an uproar. In post-war Communist Romania it is an unimaginable slap in the face to the iron fisted authorities. Four men and a woman are arrested, tried, convicted and while waiting for their execution... are forced to star in a propaganda film about the crime. All five protagonists were heroes of the resistance during the Second World War and highly placed members of Romanian society. They clearly knew they would be caught and executed.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Nae Caranfil
Production: IFC Films
  9 wins & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.0
Metacritic:
47
Rotten Tomatoes:
46%
NOT RATED
Year:
2014
112 min
Website
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the robbery, the investigation

and the arrests, I'm giving

each of you a file

that contains all the elements.

What the hell are we doing

in this shithole?

Maestro...

I want to get drunk

in a classy joint

with musicians and ice buckets.

Maestro, I have something

to tell you.

But it must stay

strictly between us two.

What?

Speak up, I can't hear you!

I was here when it happened!

I was a waiter in this canteen.

Congratulations. So what?

So it was nothing like

what Comrade Holban says.

First of all, the gang

made it look like a shoot.

A film shoot, you see?

And no one got hurt.

There were lots of people

and we just stood around here

like idiots enjoying the show

while they loaded the money

into a police van.

The woman fired a machine gun.

I mean, you could have sworn

it was a movie.

What did you say your name was?

Cretin? Clown? You really

haven't got a clue, have you?

What world are you living in?

This is Bucharest, boy. Romania.

We're neighbors of the great

fraternal people.

We don't have hold-ups

like they do in America.

We don't play Dillinger.

Over here, first we arrest

the comrades

who make trouble

and then we assign them a crime.

There never was a hold-up.

I have no idea

what you did or didn't see.

But if I were you,

I'd forget I saw anything.

Careful with the lights.

That's good. Faster please.

Maestro, these comrades

are extras.

Pedestrians, passersby.

We'll put them

wherever you want.

But they're dressed too much

alike, don't you think?

Nah. Well, never mind.

- Good morning.

- Morning, sir.

Get me a strong coffee

and some Aspirin.

- My head is pounding.

- Yes, sir!

Don't salute when you're not

in uniform, you idiot.

And find me the officer

in charge of security.

Have you been in a film

before, comrade lieutenant?

No, comrade captain,

this is the first time.

I see.

The area is completely secured.

All exits are covered.

Listen to me very carefully.

I don't want

any unpleasant surprises

or there will be hell to pay.

Oh, here they come.

10, 9, 8

7, 6, 5

4, 3, 2, 1.

Happy New Year 1959!

Happy New Year, Boris,

you part-timer!

Happy New Year, comrade colonel!

May it bring health and..

Here he comes.

Is he coming this way?

I think he's heading

for the orchestra.

No, no. Wait. He's turning.

Are you sure?

Happy New Year and

best wishes, comrade minister.

- Happy New Year.

- Happy New Year.

Happy New Year.

Come with me. We need to talk.

Do you really want to do this?

Do what? I don't know

what you mean.

Don't play dumb with me.

She's here.

Crying on my shoulder,

poor child.

Max, we all have

our differences.

You know, we argue today,

we make up tomorrow.

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Nae Caranfil

Nae Caranfil (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈna.e karanˈfil]; also Nicolae Caranfil) (born 1960, Bucharest) is a Romanian film director and screenwriter. more…

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