Romanian director Nae Caranfil latest movie to be screened in national cinemas

Newsroom 03/03/2014 | 12:19

Closer to the Moon will have its nationwide premiere on March 7, while the world premiere was in October 2013, at the Film Society Lincoln Center, where Making Waves: New Romanian Cinema opened its 8th edition with Nae Caranfil movie, who presents the true story of a robbery at the Romanian National Bank that was staged to look like a film shoot.

The film showcases the true account of a group of high-ranking Jewish members of the nomenklatura, who, in 1959, staged what was to become known as the coup of the century: They robbed Romania’s National Bank, making it look like a film shoot. And this is only the beginning. Once arrested and prosecuted, they were forced to reenact their parts in the heist for a propaganda movie. Despite its tragic aspect, this incredible story, forever shrouded in mystery, gets an unexpectedly light treatment. Vera Farmiga, Mark Strong, and Game of Thrones’ Harry Lloyd star, notes the official website of the film festival.

In Variety magazine, journalist Ronnie Scheib argues that “Caranfil imagines the protagonists as fully cognizant of the sociopolitical inanities that surround them — not least of which is the government’s totally false propaganda film about the heist, in which the culprits are forced to participate after having been arrested and condemned to death. Shot in English with a name British and American cast, this surprisingly entertaining black comedy could connect with American auds.” The full review can be read here.

The Romanian director Nae Caranfil made his film debut in 1993, with E Pericoloso Sporgersi, and continued his comedy movies with Asfalt tango starring Charlotte Rampling in 1995, and Dolce far niente in 1998. Caranfil entered in the international spotlights in 2002, when he directed Filantropica.

Director: Nae Caranfil
Staring: Vera Farmiga, Mark Strong, Harry Lloyd

Available in Romanian cinemas starting March 7

Oana Vasiliu

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