Tales from the Golden Age

Tales from the Golden Age

7.0IMDb Score
Released:2009-05-29
Duration:155 min
Director:Cristian Mungiu, Ioana Uricaru, Constantin Popescu Jr., Răzvan Marculescu, Hanno Höfer
Actors:Alexandru Potocean, Teodor Corban, Emanuel Pârvu, Sorin Medeleni, Florin Mircea Jr.
Production:Mobra Films, Why Not Productions

Overview:

Composed of six unconventional vignettes, each one dealing with the late communist period in Romania, a narrative is told through its urban myths from the perspective of ordinary people. The title refers to the alluded "Golden Age" of the last 15 years of Ceaușescu's regime.

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