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Alternative TIFF 2010 Picks: #5. Andrei Ujica’s The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu

If you’re like me , and have been awestruck by Romanian cinema of the past decade, then you might want to plunge into this three hour documentary film which focuses on the man who was the source for fifteen years of misery. The pic preemed in an Out of Comp slot in Cannes.

#5. The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu

Director: Andrei Ujica
Distributor: Rights Available.

BuzzIf you’re like me and have been moved by the auteur Romanian cinema of not even the past decade, then you might want to plunge into this three hour documentary film which focuses on the man who was the source for fifteen years of misery in this country. The pic preemed in an Out of Comp slot in Cannes and will surely receive love from festival programmers who’ve been promoting the likes of Corneliu Porumboiu, Cristian Mungiu, Cristi Puiu and Catalin Mitulescu.

The Gist: The film explores the image of the Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu using official footage from the Romanian National Television and National Film Archives.

TIFF ScheduleThursday September 16 5:30:00 PM AMC 10
Friday September 17 5:00:00 PM AMC 9

 
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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).

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