''The Bastards'' ( ro, Ticăloșii) is a 2007 Romanian drama film directed by

Șerban Marinescu Șerban Marinescu (born 27 May 1956) is a Romanian film director and screenwriter. In December 2004 he was awarded by then-President of Romania Ion Iliescu Ion Iliescu (; born 3 March 1930) is a Romanian politician and engineer who serve ...

. It is about the upper echelons of Romanian politics.

Synopsis

Didi Sfiosu, nicknamed "Hero of the Barricade", is a former revolutionary who serves as key advisor to the Romanian President. Dandu Patricianul is a wealthy businessman who has financed the ruling political Party at the last electoral campaign, but now is alleged to support the opposition. Mister Pompi is Romanian Prime Minister, with the help of a clever advisor named Pejbeanu and a former "Securitate Agent" named Romanescu, controls and spies upon Patricianu's moves. He discovers a plot that involves Patricianu himself, an opposition senator and the ambitious and powerful General Dorobandu. Helped by an up-and-coming reporter, they want to prove that corruption has reached the cabinet, in order to turn the tide of public opinion and to propose the general as the next Chief of state. Then Sfiosu, warned about this situation, arranges a meeting between Dandu and the Premier in order to reach an agreement; but this meeting fails. The Prime Minister decides to make a risky move; without notifying Sfiosu, he orders a complacent Magistrate to send an arrest warrant to Patricianu. Sfiosu gets angry about and speaks directly to the President of Republic, asking for the immediate release of Patricianu; Sfiosu knows that Dandu is the only one able to finance the next campaign. However, Dandu Patricianul is freed because of a lack of evidence but the Premier and his faithful advisor understand that Sfiosu is more influential and informed than predicted. Pompi, always advised by Pejbeanu, does a desperate move to avoid a thunderous defeat: he tries to "buy" both the senator and the reporter, eventually offering to the general anything in exchange of his withdrawal from the electoral run; General Dorobandu not only rejects the deal, he subtly threatens Pompi with a merciless revenge as soon as he's elected. Then Pompi decides a kind of "Final Solution": the assassination of the General during a hunting session. Didi Sfiosu is disgusted by those happenings, so he symbolically buries the revolution under a pile of garbage by planting a cross with his name on it and putting on the cross the only two items reminding him of the revolution; a foulard and a bandannah. The meaning is clear: this democracy is bad, at least, at the same way of the dictatorship.

Cast

Ștefan Iordache Ştefan Iordache (; 3 February 1941 – 14 September 2008) was a Romanian actor. Iordache was born in Calafat. In 2006, he was voted the best actor in Romania. He died, aged 67, in Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = A ...

- Didi Sfiosu *

Dorel Vișan Dorel Vișan (; born 25 June 1937) is a Romanian actor. He has appeared in 65 films since 1974. He was nominated for the award of Best Actor at the 1988 European Film Awards. He was born in Tăușeni, Cluj County. In 1965 he graduated from the ...

- Dandu Patricianul *

Horațiu Mălăele Horațiu-Valentin Mălăele (born 31 iulie 1952That is according to , accessed 2016-11-21. ThHorațiu Mălăelepage on the Romanian site cinemagia.ro places his birth one day earlier, on July 31, 1952, and gives the fuller form of his name, ''Hora� ...

- Pompi *

Răzvan Vasilescu Răzvan Vasilescu (; born 14 August 1954) is a Romanian actor. He has appeared in 40 films and television shows since 1979. He starred in ''The Oak'', which was screened out of competition at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival. Selected filmography ...

- General Dorobanțu *

Gheorghe Dinică Gheorghe Dinică (; 1 January 1934 – 10 November 2009) was a Romanian actor. Career Dinică showed an early interest in acting, being part of different amateur theater troupes since he was 17. In 1957, he entered The National Institute of Thea ...

- Romanescu * - Dandu's mistress *

Mircea Albulescu Iorgu Constantin Albulescu (4 October 1934 – 8 April 2016), known professionally as Mircea Albulescu (), was a Romanian actor, university professor, journalist, poet, writer, and member of the Writers' Union of Romania (''Uniunea Scriitorilor'' ...

- restaurant owner *

Mitică Popescu Mitică Popescu (; 2 December 1936 – 3 January 2023) was a Romanian actor. Biography Popescu was born in Bucharest on 2 December 1936. He died on 3 January, at the age of 86, at the Elias Hospital in Bucharest, where he was hospitalized. Act ...

- Marian * - opposition senator * - Ionel Iancu * - Ionel (President of Romania) *

Dan Diaconescu Dan Cristian Diaconescu (; born December 9, 1967 in Caracal, Socialist Republic of Romania) is a Romanian journalist, politician, presenter, the founder and owner of the former DDTV and OTV television channels. He graduated from the Faculty of ...

- himself

References

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* 2007 drama films 2007 films Romanian drama films 2000s Romanian-language films {{Romania-film-stub