Archive of films Monsters. / Monștri.
Romania
2019, 116 min
Section:
Another View
Year: 2019
Dana and Arthur, a seemingly perfect couple, have been married for almost ten years. But as we follow them through the streets of Bucharest over the course of 24 hours, doubts, divergent needs, and struggles with inner demons persistently bubble to the surface. Directed with ample empathy, this relationship study touching on social taboos was one of the most distinctive debuts at this year’s Berlinale.
Synopsis
Dana and Arthur have been married for almost 10 years, and they seem like the perfect couple. But as we follow them through the streets of Bucharest over the course of 24 hours, doubts, divergent needs, and struggles with inner demons persistently bubble to the surface. Talented Romanian director Marius Olteanu divides this subtly narrated tale of social taboos into three parts: after focusing on the protagonists individually, he concludes with them as a couple. His empathetically directed relationship study, illustrating how we unintentionally always hurt the ones we love, was one of the most distinctive debuts at this year’s Berlinale.
Lenka Tyrpáková
About the director
Marius Olteanu (b. 1979, Bucharest, Romania). Filmography: Sunday Afternoon (2007, short), Reality Won’t Bite (2008, short), Why Don’t You Dance (2008, short), Tie (2015, short), No Man’s Land (2017, short), Monsters. (Monștri., 2019)
Contacts
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About the film
Color, DCP
Section: | Another View |
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Director: | Marius Olteanu |
Screenplay: | Marius Olteanu |
Dir. of Photography: | Luchian Ciobanu |
Music: | Mihnea Bogos (Sound) |
Editor: | Ioachim Stroe |
Producer: | Claudiu Mitcu, Marius Olteanu |
Production: | Parada Film |
Coproduction: | Wearebasca |
Cast: | Judith State, Cristian Popa, Alexandru Potocean |
Sales: | Alpha Violet |
Guests
Carla Fotea
Producer
Judith State
Actress
Luchian Ciobanu
Director of Photography
Claudiu Mitcu
Producer
Alina Tarba
Actress
Alexandra Alma Ungureanu Stroe
Costume Designer, Set Designer
Marius Olteanu
Film Director
Virginie Devesa
Sales Agent