Metronom<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Alexandru Belc\u2019s first fiction project follows the story of a group teenagers living in 1970s Romania who go from a house party to being accused of plotting against the state. Love, rebellion and repression mix in this\u00a0\u201cbeautiful, serene<\/a>\u201d film. The movie earned Belc the Best Director award in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2022 Cannes film festival.<\/p>\n\n The film is currently streaming on Apple TV.<\/p>\n Three Kilometers to the End of the World<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Emanuel P\u00e2rvu\u2019s drama, set in a conservative Danube Delta community, follows a gay teenager’s journey of self-discovery as it clashes with the traditional values of those who surround him. Our film critic called it \u201ca drama worth all attention, and one of the best crafted films of the year<\/a> [2024].\u201d The film was selected in the Cannes festival\u2019s official competition and won the event\u2019s Queer Palm, in addition to a host of other distinctions, including the Heart of Sarajevo for Best Feature Film.<\/p>\n\n The film is currently streaming on HBO Max.<\/p>\n Love Sick<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Tudor Giurgiu\u2019s first feature film, released in 2006, explores themes of friendship, identity, and taboos in what has been described as a sensitive portrait of first love and emotional dilemmas. It is based on the novel of the same name by Romanian author Cecilia \u0218tef\u0103nescu, who co-authored the script alongside R\u0103zvan R\u0103dulescu. The film premiered in the Panorama section of the Berlinale and won the Public\u2019s Choice prize at the 2007 Gopo Awards, a recognition of its box office performance the year before.<\/p>\n\n The film is streaming on TIFF Unlimited.<\/p>\n The World is Mine<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n This 2015 coming-of-age drama directed by Nicolae Constantin T\u0103nase follows 16-year-old Larisa, who is determined to make her dreams come true. Identity, social status, and the pursuit of validation blend in this \u201creal, foul-mouthed and uncompromising<\/a>\u201d film. The movie received a host of awards, including at Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF) in the Romanian Film Fays, at Karlovy Vary and Anonimul festivals, and at the Gopo awards.<\/p>\n\n The film is available on Cinepub.<\/p>\n Monsters<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n The film, directed by Marius Olteanu, follows a long-time married couple as they try to make sense of the crisis in their marriage. The \u201cnon-judgmental and mature picture of love, friendship, desire, and self-awareness<\/a>\u201d premiered at the 2019 Berlinale, in the Forum section, where it won the Tagesspiegel Readers’ Jury Award.<\/p>\n\n The film is available on Cinepub.<\/p>\n (Photo:\u00a0\u00a0Irina Foto<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Dreamstime.com<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n editor@romania-insider.com<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A selection of Romanian films that capture complex connections and love in its many expressions. Metronom Alexandru Belc\u2019s first fiction project follows the story of a group teenagers living in 1970s Romania who go from a house party to being accused of plotting against the state. Love, rebellion and repression mix in this\u00a0\u201cbeautiful, serene\u201d film. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8869\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}