Soldiers: A Story from Ferentari

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Foreign Title: Soldații. Poveste din Ferentari
Date: January 01, 2017 to December 31, 2017
Dates Note: 2017
Country of Origin: Romania
Place of Origin: Romania
Languages: Romanian
Color: Color
Silent: No
Based On: the novel by Schiop
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Curator Notes

Film Series/Exhibition Title: 
Perspectives on History: Romanian Cinema Since 1989
Description: 

Two men form an unlikely couple in one of Bucharest’s toughest Romany neighborhoods in actress/filmmaker Ivana Mladenović’s naturalist drama, which represents a turning point in Romanian cinema’s depictions of gay romance and Roma society. Recently dumped, the bespectacled Adi moves into the rough Ferentari district intending to document its burgeoning manele pop/folk music scene; there he meets the bearish Alberto, an ex-con and constant hustler. Soon their relationship moves from uncertainty to love, much to the dismay of the community. A gay, Romany Romeo and Juliet, Soldiers offers “Romanian social realism with an ethnographic edge” (Jonathan Romney, Screen Daily).

Authors/Roles: 
Jason Sanders


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