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“Absurd, hilarious, poignant…Perfectly judged. One of the top 10 films from Cannes 2009”

(Wendy Ide, The Times)

“A comic and darkly ironic look at Romania under the Ceausescu regime”

(Sandra Hebron, London Film Festival)

TALES FROM THE GOLDEN AGE

Romania / 2009 / 131 mins / Romanian with English subtitles
Directed by: Cristian Mungiu (Palme d’Or, Cannes 2007), Ioana Uricaru, Hanno Höfer, Constantin Popescu

Conceived and scripted by Palme d’Or winner Cristian Mungiu, ‘Tales from the Golden Age’ is a funny, poignant and surreal portrait of 1980s Romania. Shot with tremendous style and spirit, the film brilliantly re-captures the mood of an era where undertones of fear, corruption and imprisonment where never far away and where the humour of ordinary citizens played a vital role in facing up to the idiotic logic of the dictatorship. To warm and often hilarious effect, Cristian Mungiu combines several urban legends to portray a time during which food was more important than money, freedom more important than love and survival more important than principles. As he does so, he subtly and comically unseats the propagandist myth that Ceausescu’s leadership brought the “golden age” of Romania.
More details on www.talesfromthegoldenage.co.uk .

DVD Special Feature

‘The Tale of the Zealous Activist’, a short film part of the Romanian version of the ‘Tales’, previously not available in the UK release.

Available on DVD from Trinity, starting with 8 February 2010. You can pre-order ‘Tales from the Golden Age’ from HMV.com, Amazon.co.uk, and Play.com. Prices start at £9.99 (RRP: £15.99). The DVD will also be available in HMV shops nationwide in the UK from 8 February.

Images above courtesy of Trinity