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Sunt O Babă Comunistă
''Sunt o babă comunistă'' ( ro, I Am An Old Communist Hag) is a 2013 Romanian drama film directed by Stere Gulea. It stars Luminița Gheorghiu, , and Ana Ularu. Set in 2010 post-communist Romania, the title character and her husband are visited by their daughter who has been living in the United States for the last 10 years. This prompts her to reflect on the changes that have taken place during Romania since the fall of Communism. The film is cut with flashbacks to her halcyon communist days whilst she tries to fix her daughters' money problems. The film is based on a novel with the same title by Dan Lungu. It was largely shot in Călărași and around the ruins of the Călărași steel works. Cast *Luminița Gheorghiu – Emilia * – Țucu *Ana Ularu – Alice * – Mrs. Stroescu *Collin Blair – Alan *Andrei Huțuleac – Cătălin *Alexandra Buza – Celina *Coca Bloos – Maricica * – Sanda *Tania Popa – Aurelia *Gabriel Spahiu – Culidiuc * – Sorin *Ionel Mihăile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama Film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-genre, macro-genre, or micro-genre, such as soap opera, police crime drama, political drama, legal drama, historical drama, domestic drama, teen drama, and comedy-drama (dramedy). These terms tend to indicate a particular setting or subject-matter, or else they qualify the otherwise serious tone of a drama with elements that encourage a broader range of moods. To these ends, a primary element in a drama is the occurrence of conflict—emotional, social, or otherwise—and its resolution in the course of the storyline. All forms of cinema or television that involve fictional stories are forms of drama in the broader sense if their storytelling is achieved by means of actors who represent ( mimesis) characters. In this broader sense, drama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel Spahiu
Gabriel Spahiu (; born 21 March 1968) is a Romanian actor. He appeared in more than eighty films since 1998. Spahiu was also chosen by Sony Pictures Animation to dub Wayne in the animated movies ''Hotel Transylvania'', ''Hotel Transylvania 2 ''Hotel Transylvania 2'' is a 2015 American computer-animated monster comedy film directed by Genndy Tartakovsky, written by Robert Smigel and Adam Sandler, and it is the second installment in the ''Hotel Transylvania'' franchise and the sequ ...'' and '' Hotel Transylvania 3''. Selected filmography References External links * 1968 births Living people Romanian male film actors {{Romania-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tang Yun
Tang Yun (唐韵) is a violinist and a child actor from China. His most prominent performance was his role in the 2002 movie '' Together'', directed by Chen Kaige Chen Kaige (; born 12 August 1952) is a Chinese film director and a leading figure of the fifth generation of Chinese cinema.Berry, Michael (2002). "Chen Kaige: Historical Revolution and Cinematic Rebellion" in Speaking in Images: Interviews wit .... External links *Hong Kong Leisure and Culture Services Department Chinese male child actors Chinese classical violinists Chinese violinists Living people 21st-century Chinese musicians Chinese male film actors Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century classical violinists Place of birth missing (living people) {{China-musician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Șerban Pavlu
Șerban Pavlu (; born 29 June 1975) is a Romanian actor. He has appeared in more than thirty films since 1995. He is well known for the successful TV series Umbre broadcast on HBO, his role in the soap opera "Fetele Marinarului" and in the television format "În puii mei", which aired on Antena1. In 2008 the actor was chosen by DreamWorks Animation to provide the Romanian voice of Po in the animated movie Kung Fu Panda ''Kung Fu Panda'' is an American media franchise that originally started in 2008 with the release of the animated feature film of the same name, produced by DreamWorks Animation. Following the adventures of the titular Po Ping (primarily voic .... Selected filmography References External links * 1975 births Living people Romanian male film actors {{Romania-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mihai Gruia Sandu
Mihai Gruia Sandu (born 1956) is a Romanian actor, playwright and director. Filmography * '' Sherlock: Case of Evil'' * ''The Rest Is Silence'' (2007 film) * ''Too Late'' (1996 film) * '' Teen Knight'' * ''Gruber's Journey'' * ''Incubus'' * ''Blood & Chocolate'' (film) * ''Rio Rio or Río is the Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, and Maltese word for "river". When spoken on its own, the word often means Rio de Janeiro, a major city in Brazil. Rio or Río may also refer to: Geography Brazil * Rio de Janeiro * Rio do Sul, a ...'' - Nigel (Romanian version) / 20th Century Fox References External links Mihai Gruia Sandu: „Au fost ani superbi în care am făcut nişte copilării fericite“ {{DEFAULTSORT:Sandu, Mihai Gruia 1956 births Living people Romanian actors Romanian directors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Securitate
The Securitate (, Romanian for ''security'') was the popular term for the Departamentul Securității Statului (Department of State Security), the secret police agency of the Socialist Republic of Romania. Previously, before the communist regime, Romanian secret police was called Siguranța Statului. It was founded on 30 August 1948, with help and direction from the Soviet MGB. Following the overthrow of Nicolae Ceaușescu in 1989, the new authorities assigned the various intelligence tasks of the DSS to new institutions. The Securitate was, in proportion to Romania's population, one of the largest secret police forces in the Eastern bloc. The first budget of the Securitate in 1948 stipulated a number of 4,641 positions, of which 3,549 were filled by February 1949: 64% were workers, 4% peasants, 28% clerks, 2% persons of unspecified origin, and 2% intellectuals. By 1951, the Securitate's staff had increased fivefold, while in January 1956, the Securitate had 25,468 employees.Cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingrid Bisu
Ingrid Bisu ( ro, Bișu; born 15 September 1987) is a Romanian actress, producer, and screenwriter, known for her appearance in the dramedy ''Toni Erdmann'' (2016), which was nominated at The Cannes Film Festival for the Palme d'Or and also for Best Foreign Film at the Golden Globe Awards and the Academy Awards in 2017. She is also known for co-writing the horror film ''Malignant'' (2021). Early life and family Bisu was born on 15 September 1987 in Bucharest to Romanian-German parents. She grew up in the German community in Romania, attending the German kindergarten, high school, and college in Bucharest. In 2003 at the age of 16, Bisu had her first photoshoot in the teenage magazine "Cool Girl" and then landed her first commercial for Orange S.A. Mobile, which was broadcast in Israel and Romania. Career Early career Bisu made her debut in a Romanian TV series ''Casatorie de Proba'' (''Marriage of Probation'') Following this, she was featured in a number of Romanian magazines ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constantin Drăgănescu
Constantin Drăgănescu (27 September 1936 – 26 March 2020) was a Romanian actor. He appeared in more than fifty films since 1972. Selected filmography References External links * 1936 births 2020 deaths Romanian male film actors {{Romania-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miliția (Romania)
The Miliția ( ro, Miliția) was the police force of Communist Romania. Establishment and structure Miliția was established by decree in January 1949; the decree simultaneously disbanded the Romanian Police and Gendarmerie, considered “bourgeois” institutions. It was part of the Interior Ministry and directly controlled by the ruling Romanian Workers’ Party. Its employees held military rank. Of the initial 35,000 members, 161 were university graduates, 9,600 had completed fourth grade or less, while 7,800 had six or seven grades of schooling. Meanwhile, the existing police were purged of pre-1945 ''Siguranța'' agents beginning in 1948, when over 1000 were imprisoned; informers were retained. Roxana Tarhon“Cum arătau și cine erau cei care asigurau ordinea în societatea comunistă” TVR, 28 April 2020 By 1951, 98% of the old policemen had been expelled, imprisoned or killed. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tania Popa
Tania Popa (born 19 January 1973) is a Romanian actress. = * Your Face Sounds Familiar (Season 8, 2015) * The national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 * The Farm (Season 3, 2018) Stage * God of Carnage ''God of Carnage'' (originally in French ''Le Dieu du carnage'') is a play by Yasmina Reza that was first published in 2008. It is about two sets of parents; the son of one couple has hurt the son of the other couple at a public park. The paren ... (2010) ''comedie.ro'' References External links *Tania Popa on ''tnb.ro'' 1973 births [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stere Gulea
Stere Gulea (born 2 August 1943) is a Romanian film director and screenwriter. He was born in Mihail Kogălniceanu commune, Constanța County, in an Aromanian family that had fled from the Kaliakra region of Southern Dobruja during the 1940 population exchange between Bulgaria and Romania. After attending high school Constanța, Gulea studied philology at the Pedagogical Institute of Constanța and then pursued his studies at the I.L. Caragiale Institute of Theatre and Film Arts (IATC) in Bucharest, graduating in 1970. He made his film director debut that year with ' ("The Water Like a Black Buffalo"); this documentary movie, done in collaboration with his IATC colleagues, Dan Pița and Mircea Veroiu, record the catastrophic 1970 floods in Romania. In the early 1970s, he produced and directed a Romanian Television documentary based on Mateiu Caragiale's life; his first feature film was ' ("The Green Grass from Home", 1978), based on a screenplay by . His 1995 movie, State of T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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