The Happiest Girl in the World

Eighteen-year-old Delia comes from a poor family living in a small Romanian town. She is the winner of an advertising campaign: she sent in three juice-bottle labels and won an expensive car. Delia and her parents have come to Bucharest to make a video showing Delia to the whole country as a proof that the refreshments company keeps its promises. After the long journey to Bucharest, the family finally arrives on the set. During the breaks between shots, Delia has long talks with her parents that eventually turn into ugly arguments. The discussion is about what they should do with the car: Delia wants to keep it for herself, while her parents would like to sell it and thus escape from poverty. What seemed at first to be a stroke of good fortune for Delia, soon becomes an extreme and emotionally painful situation, in which she has to reassess her relationship with her parents.
Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.
Script: Augustina Stanciu, Radu Jude
Cinematography: Marius Panduru
Editing: Catalin F. Cristutiu
Sound: Titi Fleancu
Actors: Andreea Bosneag (Delia Fratila), Vasile Muraru (Mr. Fratila), Violeta Haret Popa (Mrs. Fratila)
Production: HiFilm, Romania T. +40 21 252 4867 F. +40 21 252 4866 office@hifilm. rowww.hifilm.rowww.ceamaifericitafatadinlume.ro
Producers: Ada Solomon
Co-production: Circe Films, The Netherlands
Art Direction: Augustina Stanciu
Costumes: Augustina Stanciu
Format: 35mm Color
Production Country: Romania-The Netherlands
Production Year: 2009
Duration: 99
Contact: Films Boutique, Germany T. +49 30 6953 7850 F. +49 30 6953 7851 info@filmsboutique.com www.filmsboutique.com

Radu Jude

He was born in Bucharest, Romania in 1977 and graduated in 2003 from the Filmmaking Department of Media University Bucharest. He worked as assistant director on feature films shot in Romania and also directed many commercials. His short fiction film Wrestling was selected at over 20 international film festivals, while his short film The Tube with a Hat  was selected at more than 50 film festivals and won several awards. The Happiest Girl in the World is his first feature film. The project won the NHK/Filmmaker Award in Sundance 2008, being selected in the Berlinale-Forum 2009.

Filmography

(selected)
2001 Femininity’s Charm (short)
2002 The Problem (short)
2002 In the Family (TV)
2003 Wrestling (short)
2004 The Black Sea (short)
2006 Lampa cu caciula/The Tube with a Hat (short)
2007 In the Morning (short)
2008 Alexandra (short)
2009 Cea mai fericita fata din lume/The Happiest Girl in the World