Train of life
One evening in 1941, Schlomo, the village madman, brings terrible news to his fellow citizens of the Shtetl (Jewish village in Eastern Europe). They will all disguise themselves either as deportees or as train conductors, German officers, or soldiers, trying to save themselves.
DETAILS
Director: Radu Mihăileanu
Writer: Radu Mihăileanu
Cinematography: Giorgios Arvanitis
Country: France, Belgium, Netherlands, Israel, Romania
Genre: Tragedy-Comedy
Cast: Mihai Călin, Ovidiu Cuncea, Luminiţa Gheorghiu, Rufus, Johan Leysen, Eugenia Şerban, Agathe de La Fontaine, Lionel Abelanski, Răzvan Vasilescu, Ernest Maftei and Clément Harari
Distributor: Castel Film
Triple awarded at Venice and Audience Award at Sundance Film Festival
YEAR:
1998
TIME:
1h 43m
SECTION:
RETROSPECTIVE RADU MIHĂILEANU
SCREENING:
FRIDAY 27.09 / 20:30 / CINEMA MUZEUL ȚĂRANULUI
(Screening followed by a Q&A session)