My Beautiful Dacia

Name: My Beautiful Dacia
Director: Julio Soto,Stefan Constantinescu
Released: 2009

Julio Soto Stefan Constantinescu 2009

My Beautiful Dacia is an extravagant journey from Communism to Capitalism, seen from the perspective of one of Romania’s most emblematic symbols, the Dacia automobile. The film follows different generations of Romanians, from those nostalgic of a better past to the young entrepreneurs, showing the present transformation of Romanian society.
The connecting point between the different stories is always the Dacia car: first, a symbol of the ambitions of Communist technology and now a reflection of the new global economy, after being bought by Renault in 1999.

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Running Time:

52/74 min.

Spoken Languages:

Romanian

Subtitles:

English

Directors:

Julio Soto Stefan Constantinescu

Producers:

Julio Soto

Cinematographers:

Alexander Stikich

Editors:

Julio Soto

Production Companies:

THE THINKLAB (SPAIN), HI FILM PRODUCTIONS (ROMANIA)

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Festival Participation

Margaret Mead Film Festival - New York - 2010
Sardinia International Ethnographic Film Festival - SIEFF 2010
Documentarist Turkey - 2010
Transylvania International Film Festival - 2010
Documenta Madrid
Second Prize of the Jury
Tempo Documentary Festival - Sweden
ZagrebDOX
Trieste Film Festival
Astra Film Festival - Poland
Festival des Films du Monde - Montreal
Festival Internacional de Cine Documental de la Ciudad de México.
Corona Cork Film Festival

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