Don't Lean out of the Window

È pericoloso sporgersi

Soldier Horatio dreams about having sex. Cristina, still in high school, has nothing against that, but not before they become engaged. It's a matter of principle! But when would-be actor Dino starts making moves on her… it's a whole different story. Her glorious resistance doesn't last very long; however, that night, Dino is not in top form. Three lives told in three parts, where the same story is told from a different point of view – like a comical version of Kurosawa’s Rashomon, where all the crimes and thefts are committed in the grip of sexual frustration. There are indeed days when one would rather have to deal simply with the usual routine...

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Direction: Nae Caranfil

Script: Nae Caranfil

Cinematography: Cristian Comeagă

Editing: Victoriţa Ene

Sound: Anuşavan Salamanian

Music: Nicolae Caranfil, Anton Şuteu

Actors: Marius Stănescu, Nathalie Bonifay, George Alexandru, Florin Călinescu, Valentin Teodosiu, Magda Catone, Virgil Andriescu, Florin Zamfirescu

Production: Filmex, Companie des Images

Costumes: Maria Peici

Sets: Gloria Papură

Format: DCP

Color: Color

Production Country: Romania, France

Production Year: 1993

Duration: 104΄

Contact: Romanian Film Centre, international@cnc.gov.ro

Awards/Distinctions: Critics Award – Montpellier Mediterranean FF 1993

Nae Caranfil

He was born in Bucharest in 1960 and graduated from Bucharest’s Academy of Theater and Cinema in 1984. He began by making shorts, which won prizes at several international festivals. His first feature film, Don’t Lean Out the Window, a Romanian-French co-production, won awards in Montpellier, La Baule and Bratislava. His subsequent films were box-office hits as well as critical successes. In 1995 he directed Asphalt Tango, another French- Romanian comedy with Charlotte Rampling in the leading role. His black comedy Philanthropy (2001) won the Audience Award at the Paris FF and various other prizes in Wiesbaden, Mons, Wurzburg, Bratislava, and Newport Beach. In 2007, the 48th Thessaloniki IFF presented a retrospective tribute to his work.