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The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu
The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu starts with the familiar, grainy and juddering shoulder-held images of Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elena just before their execution. What follows is beautiful archival footage of state visits, party congresses, visits to crowded stores. In the course of the film – the subdued and radical masterpiece lasts more than three hours – the manifestations show increasing signs of megalomania; people sing and clap for Ceausescu, his name is chanted during endless parades. There are beautiful colour shots of Ceausescu joining in a volleyball match. He stands by the net and with one hand he keeps pulling it down a little to try and get the ball over with his other hand. No one dares to say a word.
There is no narration or music and the most basic information (who, what, where, when) is also absent. The viewer has to decide at which moment Ceausescu finally loses all contact with reality, the moment when the idealist turned into a monster.
Film details
- Country of production
- Romania
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2011
- Sound design
- Dana Bunescu
- Production company
- Icon Production
- Sales / World rights holder
- Mandragora International
- Distributor NL / Benelux rights holde
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Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu
synopsis
1 dictator 2 little man 3 a street fighter 4 sunlight on decorated scaffolding 5 a lover of the people 6 holding a ball and tennis racket 7 actual reality: historical records from official archives 8 the Romanian version of a "brave new world" 9 recalcitrant ruler doesn't see that his time is over 10 a violent end to a cult of personality that wasn't 20 An edited collage of known and unknown scenes from the life of Nicolae Ceaucescu, as they were filmed during his years as the leader of Romania, paints a picture that - more than personal experience with the regime - is the image that will be remembered by the world and by most Romanians.more about film
director: Andrei Ujică producer: Velvet Moraru contact
ICON PRODUCTION / MORARU Velvet / Str. Plantelor 23, sector 2 / Bucuresti / Romania
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by Michael KoreskyThe Autobiography of Nicolae Ceauşescu
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