Info
Original title: POVESTEA UNUI PIERDE-VARĂ
35mm, 100 min, Romania/Bulgaria 2018
written and directed by Paul Negoescu
with: Alexandru Papadopol, Nicoleta Lefter, Radu Romaniuc, Crina Semciuc, Rolando Matsangos
producer: Paul Negoescu
coproducers: Poli Angelova, Nikolay Todorov
delegate producer: Radu Stancu
executive producer: Ioana Lascăr
director of photography: Ana Draghici
editor: Dragoș Apetri
sound: Filip Mureșan, Alex Dumitru, Florin Tăbăcaru
music: Hristo Namliev
production designer: Mălina Ionescu
costume designers: Iulia Fulicea, Kristina Tomova
produced by N-Graphix in coproduction with Papillon Film and Screening Emotions
with the support of: Romanian National Film Center, Bulgarian National Film Center, Eurimages, Creative Europe, Vodafone Romania and Zenith Media
Synopsis
Petru is a math professor at the Politechnic Univesity. He is in an open relationship with Irina, who agreed that he can sleep with other women from time to time, but he wants to break up with her because he can’t achieve an orgasm when they are having sex. One day Irina finds out she is pregnant. Petru curiously changes his mind and decides he wants to commit to Irina, but she doesn’t feel very convinced about his intentions. In the meantime, Petru meets Sinziana, a girl he has to tutor for the math exam at the Politechnics.
Festivals
UCIN AWARD for Best Screenplay
Tallinn International Film Festival
Transilvania International Film Festival
Sofia International Film Festival
Monte Carlo International Film Festival
Poitiers Film Festival
Mons International Film Festival
Los Angeles SEE Film Festival
Varna Golden Rose Film Festival
Anonimul International Film Festival
Ceau Cinema Film Festival
3 nominations at the Gopo Awards (Romanian Film Industry Awards):
Best Original Music
Best Editing
Best Sound
2 nominations at the UCIN Awards (Romanian Filmmakers Union Awards):
Best Screenplay
Best Original Music
Critic Reviews
Christopher Vourlias – Variety (english)
Ștefan Dobroiu – Cineuropa (english)
Ioana Moldovan – Romania Insider (english)
Dragoș Marin – Filmreporter (romanian)