drama film
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directed by Bogdan Mirică. It was screened in the
Un Certain Regard
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The section presents 20 films with unusua ...
section at the
2016 Cannes Film Festival
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where it won the
FIPRESCI Prize
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. It is Mirică's directorial debut.
The action takes place near
Tulcea
Tulcea (; also known by #Names, alternative names) is a city in Northern Dobruja, Romania. It is the administrative center of Tulcea County, and had a population of 65,624 . One village, Tudor Vladimirescu, is administered by the city. It is one ...
, in an area of the
Danube
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sector of the
Romania–Ukraine border
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, where groups of smugglers make the law. The city dweller Roman inherits of land from his recently deceased grandfather. His attempt at selling the property is disrupted by a group of thugs led by the smug, sinister Samir, throwing Roman into a violent arena with only a dilapidated shack as his fortress.
Cast
*
Dragoș Bucur
Dragoș Bucur (; born 13 June 1977) is a Romanian actor, ambassador for the program ''Youth of the Move'' involved by the European Commission, and TV presenter for the show '' Visuri la cheie'' broadcast on Pro TV .
Dragoș Bucur received the S ...
as Roman
*
Gheorghe Visu
Gheorghe Visu (; born 2 July 1951) is a Romanian actor. He appeared in more than forty films since 1974.
In 2006 and 2007 the actor was chosen by Walt Disney Pictures to provide the Romanian voice of Bagheera in the animated movies The Jungle Boo ...
as Hogaș
*
Vlad Ivanov
Vlad Ivanov (; born Vladimir Ivanov , 4 August 1969) is a Romanian actor of Lipovan origin.
Selected filmography
* Barbie- Princess and the Pauper- King Dominik (Romanian voice)
Awards
* The Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award fo ...
as Samir
* as Pila
* as Nea Epure
*Raluca Aprodu as Ilinca
*Cătălin Paraschiv as Agent Ana
* as Sebi Voicu
*
Teodor Corban
Teodor Corban (; 28 April 1957 – 17 January 2023) was a Romanian actor.
Filmography
* '' One Floor Below'' (2015) - Pătrașcu
* ''Aferim!'' (2015) - Constantin
* ''A Very Unsettled Summer'' (2013) - The Boss (as Teo Corban)
* '' Child's Pos ...
as the veterinarian
*Andrei Ciopec as Laie
*Ela Ionescu as Mara
*Marius Bardasan as Nea Toader
*Corneliu Cozmei as Nea Terente
Awards
At the 2017
Gopo Awards
The Gopo Awards () are the national Romanian film awards, similar to the Academy Awards (US), the Goya Awards (Spain), or the César Award (France). They are presented by the Association for Romanian Film Promotion and were inaugurated in 2007.
T ...
, ''Dogs'' won for Best Lead Actor (Visu), Best Supporting Actor (Ivanov), Best Cinematography (Andrei Butică) (award shared ex aequo with Marius Panduru for ''
Scarred Hearts
''Scarred Hearts'' () is a 2016 Romanian-German biographical film based on the eponymous novel by Max Blecher.
Premise
In 1937 in a Romanian sanatorium a Jewish writer is being treated for tuberculosis.
Cast
* Lucian Teodor Rus — Emanuel
...
''), Best Sound (Sam Cohen, Sebastian Zselmye, Herve Buirett), Best Score (Codrin Lazăr, Sorin Romanescu), and Best First Feature (Bogdan Mirică).