By Andrei Gruzsniczki | ROMANIA • 2019 • COLOUR • 96 min • 1.85:1/ 5.1
Trailer
Synopsis
After the suspicious death of his best friend Nic, Stefan, a fifty-year-old businessman, uncovers the unknown part of their relationship and has to come to terms with his new life.
Director’s Bio
A graduate of the Bucharest Academy of Theatre and Film, class of 1994, Andrei Gruzsniczki is known for the feature films The Other Irina and Q.E.D. Both productions were selected for and praised at a number of festivals, including the Rome Film Festival, goEast (Wiesbaden), Arras Film Festival, Göteborg IFF, Vilnius International Film Festival, Karlovy Vary – Variety Critics’ Choice, MoMA New Directors / New Films, Crossing Europe Film Festival, Jerusalem International Film Festival, CinePécs Moveast International Film Festival, and Cambridge Film Festival.
Before making his feature film debut, Andrei Gruzsniczki worked as an assistant director on two of Lucian Pintilie’s films and directed and wrote the scripts for several short films and television productions.
Director’s Note
Zavera is the old Romanian word for ‘uprising’, closely related to its Serbian and Croatian homonym ‘zavjera’, which means ‘conspiracy’. This film will be an observational cinema that records facts and experiences. The story permanently vacillates between the past and the present, bringing into a discussion on how elements and decisions in the past decisively interfere with the present. It is a story about a society that has normalized so many things it can no longer tell what’s abnormal.
Cast
Dorian Boguță, Ioana Flora, Medeea Marinescu, Ioana Talașman, Maria Talașman, Șerban Pavlu, Coca Bloos, Liana Mărgineanu, Richard Bovnoczki, Ioana Abur, Florentina Năstase, Dan Tudor, Ana Ioana Macaria, Ioan Isaiu, Silvia Năstase
Crew
- Scenariu: Andrei Gruzsniczki, Mircea Stăiculescu
- Regie: Andrei Gruzsniczki
- Producător: Alexandru Teodorescu
- Imagine: Tudor Vladimir Panduru RSC
- Scenografie: Raluca Ioanovici
- Costume: Brândușa Ioan
- Machiaj: Sandra Pătruceanu
- Păr: Sorina Giurescu
- Musică: Cristian Lolea
- Montaj și sunet: Dana Bunescu
FESTIVALS
- World Premiere at Cairo International Film Festival (2019)
- Ischia Film Festival (2020)
- Nominated for the Gopo Awards in the categories:
- BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – Coca Bloos
- BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC – Cristian Lolea
