POROROCA
2018 Films
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2h 33m
Cristina and Tudor Ionescu have founded a happy family with their two children, Maria (5 and a half) and Ilie (7). They're in their thirties and live in a nice apartment in a Romanian town. He works for a phone company and she's an accountant. They seem to live the life of an ordinary couple with their children. But one Sunday morning when Tudor takes his kids to the park, Maria disappears. An event that will abruptly change their lives for ever.
Direction: Constantin Popescu
Script: Constantin Popescu
Production: Liviu Marghidan
Co-Production: Lissandra Haulica
Cinematography: Liviu Mărghidan
Editing: Corina Stavilă
Production Design: Oana Novicov
Costume Design: Alexandra Alma Ungureanu
Make-Up: Iulia Roşeanu
Sound: Mihai Bogos
Visual Effects: Rodolphe Chabrier
Cast: Bogdan Dumitrache, Iulia Lumanare
Original Title: POROROCA
Original Language: Romanian
Film Production Countries: Romania, France
Biography of the Director/s
Constantin Popescu is a Romanian film director, writer and script writer, whose work includes short features (The Apartment - 2004, A Lineman’s Cabin - 2006, Water - 2007, The Yellow Smiley Face - 2008) and features (Tales from the Golden Age – 2009, Portrait of the Fighter as a Yound Man- 2010, Principles of Life- 2010), films with which he participated in competitions in the main flm festivals from the United States of America, Australia and Europe (Venice Short Film Festival 2004 and 2006, Cannes International Film Festival 2009, Berlin International Film Festival 2009, San Sebastian International Film Festival, etc), winner of numerous prizes with his short features and his features both in his country of origin, Romania (Transilvania IFF, Romanian Filmaker’s Association), as in festivals around Europe (Venice, Bratislava, Namur, Montpellier, Belgrade, Balchik, Trieste, etc). He also directed TV series for the main Romanian Broadcaster, ProTV (Las Fierbinti -2011), as well as for HBO Romania (In Treatement- 2012, Shall We Kiss?- 2013).
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