AFERIM!
Portrait
Like Don Quixote flanked by Sancho Panza, the gendarme Costandin and his son Ionita ride through the vast steppes of Walachia, on the trail of the run-away bondsman Carfin. The film, which begins in 1835 as an absurd Western set in a Romanian no man’s land, poses questions about the acceptance of others in society both back then and now. Little by little, the main characters earn our empathy and the unfolding father-son story becomes a parable on what it means to be human. Without sentimentality and with its feet firmly planted in historical fact, AFERIM! tackles topics such as misogyny, anti-ziganism and anti-Semitism with aplomb.
ROU, BGR, CZE 2015 / 108 min
Language: Romanian
Director: Radu Jude
- Screenplay: Radu Jude, Florin Lăzărescu
- Cinematographer: Marius Panduru
- Editor: Cătălin Cristuțiu
- Music: Trei Parale
- Sound: Dana Bunescu
- Cast: Teodor Corban, Mihai Comănoiu, Cuzin Toma, Alexandru Dabija, Alexandru Bindea, Luminița Gheorghiu, Victor Rebengiuc
- Producer: Ada Solomon
- Production Company: Hi Film Productions
- Co-Production Company: KLAS Film, Endorfilm, Mulberry Development
- World Sales: Beta Cinema
Like Don Quixote flanked by Sancho Panza, the gendarme Costandin and his son Ionita ride through the vast steppes of Walachia, on the trail of the run-away bondsman Carfin. The film, which begins in 1835 as an absurd Western set in a Romanian no man’s land, poses questions about the acceptance of others in society both back then and now. Little by little, the main characters earn our empathy and the unfolding father-son story becomes a parable on what it means to be human. Without sentimentality and with its feet firmly planted in historical fact, AFERIM! tackles topics such as misogyny, anti-ziganism and anti-Semitism with aplomb.
- Screenplay: Radu Jude, Florin Lăzărescu
- Cinematographer: Marius Panduru
- Editor: Cătălin Cristuțiu
- Music: Trei Parale
- Sound: Dana Bunescu
- Cast: Teodor Corban, Mihai Comănoiu, Cuzin Toma, Alexandru Dabija, Alexandru Bindea, Luminița Gheorghiu, Victor Rebengiuc
- Producer: Ada Solomon
- Production Company: Hi Film Productions
- Co-Production Company: KLAS Film, Endorfilm, Mulberry Development
- World Sales: Beta Cinema