Cinema mon amour

Name: Cinema mon amour
Director: Alexandru Belc
Released: 2015

Alexandru Belc 2015

CINEMA, MON AMOUR follows the story of Viktor Purice – manager, former projectionist and lifetime cinephile and his two loyal employees, Cornelia & Lorena, in their everyday battle to preserve Dacia Panoramic Cinema in Piatra Neamt – one of the last remaining cinemas in Romania today.
Having lived through “the golden age” of cinema, Viktor dreams of bringing back the good old glory days, yet struggles to keep up with the new harsh reality. In a theater that lacks heating and is slowly falling apart, with no support from the State who owns the place, it’s almost a Don Quixote fight.

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Running Time:

70 min.

Spoken Languages:

Romanian

Subtitles:

English

Directors:

Alexandru Belc

Producers:

Tudor Giurgiu, Radovan Sibrt, Viktoria Hozzova

Cinematographers:

Tudor Vladimir Panduru

Editors:

Ion Ioachim Stroe

Production Companies:

Libra Film Production, Pink Productions, HBO Europe

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Stefan Dobroiu

An ode to cinema and also a frustrated scream about negligence and indifference. It is an homage to a life spent in a movie theatre, a life lived (literally and metaphorically) through cinema.
Oana Vasiliu

A tale of loneliness, friendship, hope and unfulfilled dreams, the story behind every movie theatre which still stands.

Festival Participation

Trieste Film Festival - 2016
Cultural Resistance Award
Jihlava IDFF - 2015
Silver Eye Award Nominee
DOK Leipzig - 2015
DocPoint Helsinki - 2015
Tempo Documentary Festival - 2015
Edinburgh International Film Festival - 2015

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