A revolution rages, two lovers lock eyes across gunfire — Romanian cinema doesn't do subtle.
Direction
Nicolaescu shoots crowds like he's personally leading the revolution.
Production
Chaotic energy of actual 1989 locations, barely controlled.
Director
Sergiu Nicolaescu
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sergiu Nicolaescu was a legendary Romanian director who actually participated in the 1989 revolution, making this weirdly autobiographical.
The film's low rating partly reflects Romanian audiences being exhausted by Nicolaescu's self-mythologizing — he cast himself in nearly everything.
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