1981, in a provincial Romanian town. Uppercase protest messages, written in blue chalk,come as a thunderbolt for Ceausescu’s totalitarian regime. The Secret Police launches exhaustive investigations, suspecting foreign agents. Eventually, the “terrorist” turned out to be Mugur Călinescu, a 16-year-old student guilty of the most abominable crime: free thinking. Radu Jude makes exemplary use of the archival material, merges the personal with the collective, and sheds light on the heartbreaking story of an unsung hero.
Uppercase Print
Tipografic Majuscul
61st TIFF: Greek premiere
Screening Schedule
No physical screenings scheduled. |
- Direction: Radu Jude
- Script: Radu Jude, Gianina Cărbunariu
- Cinematography: Marius Panduru
- Editing: Cătălin Cristuțiu
- Sound: Dana Bunescu, Jean Umansky
- Actors: Bogdan Zamfir, Şerban Lazarovici, Ioana Iacob, Şerban Pavlu
- Production: microFILM
- Producers: Ada Solomon
- Co-production: Romanian Public Television, Hi Film Productions
- Sets: Irina Moscu
- Format: DCP
- Color: Color & B&W
- Production Country: Romania
- Production Year: 2020
- Duration: 128΄
- Contact: BFF Sales Martin Gondre sales@bffsales.eu
Radu Jude
Radu Jude is a Romanian director and screenwriter. In 2006, he made the short film The Tube with a Hat, winner of more than 50 international awards. Jude’s feature debut The Happiest Girl in the World (2009) was selected for more than 50 international film festivals. Titles such as Aferim!, Scarred Hearts, and Everybody in Our Family followed and won multiple awards. The international premiere of The Dead Nation in Locarno 2017 marked his debut in documentary film. “I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians” (2018) won the Crystal Globe for Best Film and Label Europa Cinema Prize in Karlovy Vary in 2018. Uppercase Print and The Exit of the Trains (co-directed with Adrian Cioflâncă), premiered in Berlinale Forum 2020. His latest feature, Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn, won the Golden Bear in Berlinale 2021. In the summer of 2021, Radu Jude was present in Locarno IFF – Corti d’Autore with the short Caricaturana and in Venice IFF – Out of Competition with the short film Semiotic Plastic. His short The Potemkinists premiered in Quinzaine des Realisateurs 2022 and has travelled in over 20 festivals up to now.
Filmography
2009 The Happiest Girl in the World
2012 Everybody in Our Family
2015 Aferim!
2016 Scarred Hearts
2017 The Dead Nation (documentary)
2018 “I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians”
2021 Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn
2023 Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World
2012 Everybody in Our Family
2015 Aferim!
2016 Scarred Hearts
2017 The Dead Nation (documentary)
2018 “I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians”
2021 Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn
2023 Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World
