''Sunt o babă comunistă'' () is a 2013 Romanian

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directed by

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. It stars Luminița Gheorghiu, , and

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. Set in 2010 post-communist

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, 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

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. 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

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and around the ruins of the

Călărași steel works The Călărași steel works (), formally Donasid Călărași and formerly Siderca Călărași, is a steel mill in Călărași, Romania. History Origins and growth under communism The genesis of the project took place during the Socialist Republ ...

Cast

* Luminița Gheorghiu – Emilia * – Țucu *

– Alice * – Mrs. Stroescu *Collin Blair – Alan *Andrei Huțuleac – Cătălin *Alexandra Buza – Celina * Coca Bloos – Maricica * – Sanda * Tania Popa – Aurelia * Gabriel Spahiu – Culidiuc * – Sorin *Ionel Mihăilescu – Costel *Bogdan Talașman – milițian *Viorica Geanta Chelbea – Catrina *Eduard-Mihai Cârlan – Celestin * Constantin Drăgănescu – Nea Pancu *Paul Chiribuță – Nea Mitu *Petru Ghimbasan – Emilia's father *Patricia Poslusnic – young Alice *Ana Teona Petcu – young Emilia * – Steel works director *

Ingrid Bisu Ingrid Wan (née Bișu) is a Romanian–American actress, producer, and screenwriter, best known for her appearance in the dramedy ''Toni Erdmann'' (2016). She is also known for co-writing the horror film ''Malignant'' (2021). Early life and fa ...

– Hairdresser 1 * – Hairdresser 2 *Irina Drăgănescu – Hairdresser 3 *Cristian Martin –

Securitate The Department of State Security (), commonly known as the Securitate (, ), was the secret police agency of the Socialist Republic of Romania. It was founded on 30 August 1948 from the '' Siguranța'' with help and direction from the Soviet MG ...

officer at parade *Ion Grosu – Securitate officer at factory * Alexandru Potocean – film director * – costume assistant *Daniel Popa – assistant director *Alexandra Botău – assistant director 2 * – department head *Mircea Andreescu – neighbor * Mihai Gruia Sandu – market seller *

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– bus driver *Daniel Stanciu – janitor *Mara Căruțașu – Aurelia store saleswoman *Dan Tudor – Communist Party activist * Yun Tang – Chinese at marketplace *Ștefan Alexa – real estate agent

References

External links

* * 2013 films Romanian drama films {{Romania-film-stub