A story based on real events that happened in Zimnicea, Romania, on March, 4, 1977, the day of the great earthquake. Everybody knows that 80% of the city was destroyed on that day, and 40 years later, they learn by whom.
Direction
Naumovici weaponizes the mundane before the floor drops out.
Writing
27 minutes that rewrites everything you assumed about 1977.
Director
Bogdan Naumovici
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 1977 Vrancea earthquake killed 1,500+ across Romania; Zimnicea's near-total destruction was long attributed to geology, not human hands. The film resurrected a suppressed local oral history.
Director Bogdan Naumovici is primarily known as one of Romania's most successful advertising executives; this passion project was his furious entry into political cinema, funded largely himself.
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