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Alexandru Potocean
Alexandru Potocean (; born 26 April 1984) is a Romanian film actor. He has appeared in more than fifteen films since 2005. Selected filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Potocean, Alexandru 1984 births Living people Actors from Timișoara Romanian male film actors 21st-century Romanian male actors ...
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Timișoara
), City of Roses ( ro, OraÈ™ul florilor), City of Parks ( ro, OraÈ™ul parcurilor) , image_map = Timisoara jud Timis.svg , map_caption = Location in TimiÈ™ County , pushpin_map = Romania#Europe , pushpin_relief = 1 , pushpin_label_position = bottom , coordinates = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = , subdivision_type1 = Counties of Romania, County , subdivision_name1 = TimiÈ™ County, TimiÈ™ , subdivision_type2 = Subdivisions of Romania, Status , subdivision_name2 = County seat , established_title = First official record , established_date = 1212 (as ''castrum regium Themes'') , leader_party = Save Romania Union, USR , leader_title = Mayor , leader_name = Dominic Fritz , leader_title1 = Deputy mayors , leader_name1 = Ruben LaÈ›cău (Save Romania Union, USR)Cosmin TabÄ ...
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Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and the Black Sea to the southeast. It has a predominantly Temperate climate, temperate-continental climate, and an area of , with a population of around 19 million. Romania is the List of European countries by area, twelfth-largest country in Europe and the List of European Union member states by population, sixth-most populous member state of the European Union. Its capital and largest city is Bucharest, followed by Iași, Cluj-Napoca, Timișoara, Constanța, Craiova, Brașov, and Galați. The Danube, Europe's second-longest river, rises in Germany's Black Forest and flows in a southeasterly direction for , before emptying into Romania's Danube Delta. The Carpathian Mountains, which cross Roma ...
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The Way Back (2010 Film)
''The Way Back'' is a 2010 American survival film directed by Peter Weir, from a screenplay by Weir and Keith Clarke. The film is inspired by ''The Long Walk'' (1956), the memoir by former Polish prisoner of war Sławomir Rawicz, who claimed to have escaped from a Soviet Gulag and walked to freedom in World War II. The film stars Jim Sturgess, Colin Farrell, Ed Harris, and Saoirse Ronan, with Alexandru Potocean, Sebastian Urzendowsky, Gustaf Skarsgård, Dragoș Bucur and Mark Strong. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Makeup, but lost to '' The Wolfman.'' The nomination was received by Gregory Funk, Edouard F. Henriques and Yolanda Toussieng. Plot During World War II, after the Soviet invasion of Poland, young Polish army officer Janusz Wieszczek is held as a prisoner and interrogated by the NKVD. The Soviets, unable to get him to admit that he is a spy, take his wife into custody as well and severely torture her; from her they extort a statement condemning him. He i ...
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Portrait Of The Fighter As A Young Man
''Portrait of the Fighter as a Young Man'' ( ro, Portretul luptătorului la tinerețe) is a 2010 Romanian drama film directed by Constantin Popescu Jr. It was released at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival. Plot The film is the first part of a trilogy which describes the fight of the Romanian anticommunist resistance in the 50s. This first movie is centered on the figure of Ion Gavrilă Ogoranu, a member of the fascist and anti-Semitic Iron Guard, played by Constantin Diță. In April 2010, the movie received the Public Award and the Image Award (Liviu Marghidan) at B-EST Film Festival in Bucharest. The film was released in Romania on 18 November 2010.Evenimentul zilei, Partizanii lui Ogoranu, primiţi cu entuziasm la Bratislava, November 12, 2010 Cast * Constantin Diță * Alexandru Potocean * Răzvan Vasilescu * Mimi Brănescu * Teodor Corban * Mihai Constantin * Bogdan Dumitrache * Mimi Brănescu * Dan Bordeieanu * Cătălin Babliuc * Constantin Lupescu * Nicodi ...
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The Whistleblower
''The Whistleblower'' is a 2010 biographical drama film directed by Larysa Kondracki and starring Rachel Weisz. Kondracki and Eilis Kirwan wrote the screenplay, which was inspired by the story of Kathryn Bolkovac, a Nebraska police officer who was recruited as a United Nations peacekeeper for DynCorp International in post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1999. While there, she discovered a Bosnian sex trafficking ring serving and facilitated by DynCorp employees, with international peacekeepers looking the other way. Bolkovac was fired and forced out of the country after attempting to shut down the ring. She took the story to BBC News in the UK and won a wrongful dismissal lawsuit against DynCorp. Kondracki wanted her debut film to concern human trafficking, and she encountered Bolkovac's story in college. She and Kirwan struggled to obtain financial support for the project. Eight years after Kondracki decided to produce the film, she secured funding and cast Weisz in the lead rol ...
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Tales From The Golden Age
''Tales from the Golden Age'' ( ro, Amintiri din epoca de aur) is a 2009 Romanian omnibus film. It was screened as part of the Un Certain Regard section at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. The film is composed of six whimsical yet blackly comic short stories, each one set in the late communist period in Romania and based on urban myths from the time, reflecting the perspective of ordinary people. The title of the film refers to the alleged "Golden Age" (by communist propaganda) of the last 15 years of Nicolae Ceaușescu's regime. Each episode concludes with "legend tells us ... ", each item being legend because, of course, no such thing could have happened during the "Golden Age". Episodes ''The Legend of the Official Visit'' (Romanian: ''Legenda Activistului în Inspectie'') * Alexandru Potocean - The Secretary * Teodor Corban - The Mayor * Emanuel Parvu - The Party Inspector Local Party officials scurry into action when a motorcade of VIPs and foreign dignitaries promises t ...
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Silent Wedding
''Silent Wedding'' ( ro, Nunta mută) is a 2008 Romanian comedy-drama film about a young couple who was about to celebrate their marriage in 1953, but they were ordered to desist by the occupying Red Army and Communist authorities because the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin had died the night before. Since they could not openly celebrate, the wedding-goers try to party in silence. It was directed by Horațiu Mălăele. Cast * Meda Andreea Victor as Mara * Alexandru Potocean as Iancu * Valentin Teodosiu as Grigore Aschie * Alexandru Bindea as Gogonea * Tudorel Filimon as Haralamb Vrabie * Nicolae Urs as Mutu * Luminița Gheorghiu as Fira * Ioana Anton as Smaranda * Dan Condurache as Mardare * Doru Ana as Cârnu * Șerban Pavlu as Coriolan * Catrinel Dumitrescu as Iancu's mother * Puiu Dănilă as Ulcior * Tamara Buciuceanu as Grandmother * Victor Rebengiuc as Grandfather * George Mihăiță George Mihăiță (; born 23 September 1948 in Moreni) is a Romanian actor, director a ...
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4 Months, 3 Weeks And 2 Days
''4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days'' ( ro, 4 luni, 3 săptămâni și 2 zile) is a 2007 Romanian art film written and directed by Cristian Mungiu and starring Anamaria Marinca, Laura Vasiliu, and Vlad Ivanov. The film is set in Socialist Republic of Romania, Communist Romania in the final years of the Nicolae Ceaușescu era. It tells the story of two students, roommates in a university dormitory, who try to procure an Abortion law, illegal abortion. Inspired by an anecdote from the period and the general social historic context, it depicts the loyalty of the two friends and the struggles they face. Mungiu and cinematographer Oleg Mutu shot it in Bucharest and other Romanian locations in 2006. After making its world premiere at Cannes, ''4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days'' made its Romanian debut on 1 June 2007, at the Transilvania International Film Festival. It opened to critical acclaim, and was noted for its minimalism and intense themes. The film won three awards at the 2007 Cannes ...
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The Paper Will Be Blue
''The Paper Will Be Blue'' ( ro, Hârtia va fi albastră) is a 2006 Romanian film written and directed by Radu Muntean. The story is set on the night between 22 and 23 December 1989, the time of the Romanian Revolution. It follows a Militia unit which one man abandons to take part in the revolution, and the other members have to search for him. The film uses subtle humour and was shot in a cinéma vérité style with handheld camera. The film premiered in competition at the 2006 Locarno International Film Festival. It received two Gopo Awards and was nominated for nine more. Plot The film begins with a scene of an armoured personnel carrier (APC) and a military checkpoint in the background. Two men come out of it, one in civilian clothing, the other in a Militia (''Miliţia'') uniform, and light up cigarettes. Suddenly, the soldiers manning the checkpoint open fire and kill all of the APC's occupants. The film then cuts to a Militia night patrol in Bucharest. Out of enthusiasm, ...
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Big Hero 6 (film)
''Big Hero 6'' is a 2014 American computer-animated superhero film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Loosely based on the Marvel comics of the same name created by Man of Action, it is the 54th Disney animated feature film. The film was directed by Don Hall and Chris Williams and produced by Roy Conli, from a screenplay written by Jordan Roberts and the writing team of Robert L. Baird and Dan Gerson. The film stars the voices of Ryan Potter, Scott Adsit, Daniel Henney, T.J. Miller, Jamie Chung, Damon Wayans Jr., Genesis Rodriguez, James Cromwell, Maya Rudolph, and Alan Tudyk. ''Big Hero 6'' tells the story of Hiro Hamada, a young robotics prodigy, and Baymax, his late-brother Tadashi's healthcare-provider robot, who form a superhero team to combat a masked villain who is responsible for Tadashi's death. ''Big Hero 6'' is the first Disney animated film to feature Marvel Comics characters, whose parent company was acquired ...
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1984 Births
Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). * January 10 ** The United States and the Vatican (Holy See) restore full diplomatic relations. ** The Victoria Agreement is signed, institutionalising the Indian Ocean Commission. *January 24 – Steve Jobs launches the Macintosh personal computer in the United States. February * February 3 ** Dr. John Buster and the research team at Harbor–UCLA Medical Center announce history's first embryo transfer from one woman to another, resulting in a live birth. ** STS-41-B: Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' is launched on the 10th Space Shuttle mission. * February 7 – Astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart make the first untethered space walk. * February 8– 19 – The 1984 Winter Olympics are held i ...
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