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Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2012: #12. Cristian Mungiu’s Provizoriu
Unlike the folks at the Academy, Mungiu’s 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days hit us like a ton of bricks and 2009’s barely noticed Tales from the Golden Age was a welcome side project (five Romania filmmakers contributed). Mungiu’s third feature film (his debut was 2002’s Occident) should be up our alley.
#12. Provizoriu
Director/Writer: Cristian Mungiu
Producers: Mungiu’s Mobra Films which he runs with Hanno Hoefer and Oleg Mutu along with Why Not Films (who produced his last pair) and Dardenne Bros.’ Les Films du Fleuve.
Distributor: Rights Available
The Gist: Direct translation of the title is “provisionally”. This is a Romanian convent-set tale of a 23-year-old girl’s overweening love for a girl inmate....(more)
Cast: None announced yet – we imagine two young Romanian actresses.
List Worthy Reasons…: Unlike the folks at the Academy, Mungiu’s 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days hit us like a ton of bricks and 2009’s barely noticed Tales from the Golden Age was a welcome side project (five Romania filmmakers contributed to five POV’s of Romanian rural life). Mungiu’s third feature film (his debut was 2002’s Occident) should be up our alley if it holds some of the strong dramatic core that we associate with this helmer.
Release Date/Status?: We learned that we would be receiving our Romanian film fix for 2012 rather late in 2011 with a headline about Mungiu’s film receiving funding from Europe’s Eurimages Fund. Much to our surprise, we’ve heard this is currently filming. Is Cannes 2012 a valid possibility?
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