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Întregalde
Întregalde
2021 Romania 104 min N-13
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Maria, Dan and Ilinca are volunteers on their yearly humanitarian trip to the secluded Romanian settlements. Driving an SUV along the mountain dirt roads near the village of Întregalde, they help a lonely old man reach a sawmill where he supposedly works. But when their car gets stuck in a ditch in the woods, the sawmill proves to be abandoned, and they’re forced to spend the night with the senile old man, their ideas about empathy and helpfulness start to be challenged.
“With this film Muntean is asking: "Is true altruism tested only when it comes with a certain sacrifice on the part of the one who performs the act itself?" Everyone comes to the center of the story and each other’s presence with their different motivations and personalities. Fairytale-like challenges with the hints of horror set the scene for confronting the contradictions in the stories everyone maintains about oneself.” (Ignė Smilingytė)
World Premiere: Cannes Film Festival, Director’s Fortnight, 2021
Awards: Best International Film, Haifa Film Festival, 2021
“With this film Muntean is asking: "Is true altruism tested only when it comes with a certain sacrifice on the part of the one who performs the act itself?" Everyone comes to the center of the story and each other’s presence with their different motivations and personalities. Fairytale-like challenges with the hints of horror set the scene for confronting the contradictions in the stories everyone maintains about oneself.” (Ignė Smilingytė)
World Premiere: Cannes Film Festival, Director’s Fortnight, 2021
Awards: Best International Film, Haifa Film Festival, 2021
Director's biography
Radu Muntean (b. 1971, Bucharest) graduated from the Film Directing section of the Romanian Theatre and Film Academy. He has directed and written seven feature films and one documentary. His films premiered in Un Certain Regard (Tuesday, After Christmas in 2010, One Floor Below in 2015) and Director’s Fortnight in Cannes, as well as Locarno Film Festival (The Paper Will Be Blue in 2006, Alice T. in 2018).
Director(s) - Radu Muntean
Screenwriter(s) - Radu Muntean, Alexandru Baciu, Răzvan Rădulescu
Actors - Maria Popistașu, Ilona Brezoianu, Alex Bogdan, Luca Sabin
Producer(s) - Dragos Vilcu
Cinematographer - Tudor Vladimir Panduru
Editor(s) - Andu Radu
Sound -
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Distributor - Kino Pavasaris Distribution
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Translation - Goda Grigolytė
Dialogues - Romanian, Romany
Subtitles - Lithuanian, English
Director's biography
Radu Muntean (b. 1971, Bucharest) graduated from the Film Directing section of the Romanian Theatre and Film Academy. He has directed and written seven feature films and one documentary. His films premiered in Un Certain Regard (Tuesday, After Christmas in 2010, One Floor Below in 2015) and Director’s Fortnight in Cannes, as well as Locarno Film Festival (The Paper Will Be Blue in 2006, Alice T. in 2018).
