Mircea Daneliuc – MRQE

Ambasadori, cautam patrie

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Titi and Marius, two friends who fought together during the revolution of 1989, follow very different social and political paths in its aftermath.

Senatorul melcilor

Sun, 07 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

This Romanian dramatic comedy offers metaphorical commentary on life after Ceausescu’s reign as it tells the story of a rural community turned topsy-turvy in their mad quest for the snails a prominent senator has requested for his dinner. The trouble begins when a rather imposing, pompous senator comes to visit a small rural Romanian town for a ribbon-cutting ceremony for their new hydro-electric dam. After he finishes his speech, the senator is accosted by a Swiss film crew eager to interview him. The senator is inordinately concerned with presenting a positive image of Romania to the world at large and so when he learns that he and the journalists are to stay at the same villa, does everything he came to make sure that they see nothing scandalous.

Patul conjugal

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Romania had it rough under its last communist dictator, Nicolae Ceausescu, and things are even rougher now. Before, their problems were oppression and poverty. Now, their problem is mostly poverty – and plenty of it. In this grim comedy (to call it a black comedy would be to paint too perky a picture of it), Vasile (Gheorghe Dinica)has a wife whom he’s fond of, and a mistress, whom he’s fonder of. He manages a nearly abandoned movie theater, and makes just about nothing doing it. When his wife announces she’s pregnant, he nearly goes frantic trying to find money to get her an abortion. However, what truly sends him over the edge is when his mistress decides to become a prostitute because, after all, the money is good. These two situations send him straight to the loony bin, and when he gets out, he discovers that his wife has rented their apartment to pornographic filmmakers, and guess who’s starring in them?

Iacob

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Jacob (Dorel Visan) is a gold miner who risks his life daily to support his wife, mother-in-law, and four children in this socio-political drama. Under the rule of an oppressive monarchy backed by military force, the miners often resort to stealing gold to compensate for their meager wages. Workers are subjected to strip searches and are forced to take laxatives by the often brutal guards and inspectors as they look for stolen gold, and Jacob raises his vocal objections over the treatment of his fellow workers.