Soldiers. Story from Ferentari (2018)
Adi (40), a shy and introverted anthropologist who got recently dumped by his girlfriend, moves to Ferentari, most notorious outcasted neighborhood in Bucharest. He wants to write a study on manele music. The pop music of the Roma community serves as a way out for some, but mostly as one more means for the mafia pimps to make money off their acts and keep them in slave-like dependency. While researching his subject, Adi meets Alberto, a Roma ex-convict and a bear of a man, who promises Adi to help him. Soon, the unlikely pair begins a playful romance in which Adi feeds Alberto with improbable plans of escaping poverty and Alberto reciprocates with well-concocted phrases of love. Little by little their casual affair grows into love. And the funny and sweet teasing turns into something precarious, since Alberto is both dangerous and fragile and belongs to a world whose codes Adi doesn't understand.
Director: Ivana Mladenović
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Adrian Schiop as Adi |
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Vasile Pavel as Alberto |
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Ștefan Iancu as Andrei |
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Nicolae Marin as Borcan |
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Kanako Hashimoto as Brigitte |
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Bulgaras as Bulgaras |
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Dan Bursuc as Manager |
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Constantin Titi Nicolae as Sami |
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Cezar Grumăzescu as Vasi |
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Sorin Cociș as Policeman |
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Adrian Cozac as Adolescent |
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Gabriel Panait as Adolescent |
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Gabriel Cozac as Adolescent |
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Alin Codrea as Ali |
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Dinu Cozmin as Le garçon du bar |
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Alin Marcu as Le marchand |
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Kote Samuel Marian as L'enfant qui chante |
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Emilia Stavarache as La femme du prêteur sur gages |
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Stela Ciorea as La femme aux machines à sous |
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Virginia Cuza as La femme au foyer |
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Ionut Cercel as Le lutiste (Ionut Cercel) |
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Emilia Velchereanu as Lucica |
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Irina Tacu as Miruna |
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Vlad Jipa as Le vieux policier |
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Constantin Luga as Propriétaire |
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Robert Emanuel as Chauffeur de taxi |
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Florin Pilica as Camarade (Alberto) |
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Mugurel Craioveanu as Mugurel Craioveanu |
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Narcisa as Narcisa |
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Cristina Pucean as La danseuse |
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Kana Jambe as Formateur |
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Cătălin Rotaru as Collègue |
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Ioana Barbu as Collègue |
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Olimpia Mălai as Collègue |
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Puiu-Mircea Lăscuș as Collègue |
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George Remes as Collègue |
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Alexandru Conovaru as Le jeune policier |
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Sorin Sandu as Sorin Sandu |
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Zita Moldovan as Zita |
| Writing | Adrian Schiop | Writer |
| Writing | Ivana Mladenović | Writer |
| Directing | Ivana Mladenović | Director |
| Editing | Catalin Cristutiu | Editor |
| Camera | Luchian Ciobanu | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Yves Bémelmans | Sound |
| Sound | Marc Alberisio | Sound |
| Sound | Valentin Mazingarbe | Sound |
| Sound | Aurélien Lebourg | Sound |
| Sound | Alexandru Dumitru | Sound |
| Art | Adrian Cristea | Set Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maria Pitea | Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Andreescu Maria | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lidia Ivanov | Hairdresser |