Driven by his family's history, Golden Bear winner Călin Peter Netzer returns to the big screen with a feature that conjures Romania's Communist past to paint a picture of destructive familial secrets. The semi-meta narrative follows Dragoş (Emanuel Pârvu), a director seeking to adapt the story of his parents' emigration to West Germany in the 80s. Slowly descending a rabbit hole of hidden truths, the protagonist finds his family, identity and romantic life under threat. Netzer's exploration of his past is ambitious and well-acted but has a turbulent temperament that hinders the viewer's rapport with its characters.
Looking to understand the obscure circumstances under which his parents left Romania during the Communist regime, Dragoş urges them to declassify their Securitate (Secret Police) files. His mother (Ana Ciontea) is happy to help but is reserved when speaking about her affair with a German ethnic who helped her with the emigration. His father,...
Looking to understand the obscure circumstances under which his parents left Romania during the Communist regime, Dragoş urges them to declassify their Securitate (Secret Police) files. His mother (Ana Ciontea) is happy to help but is reserved when speaking about her affair with a German ethnic who helped her with the emigration. His father,...
- 12/8/2023
- by Sergiu Inizian
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
In “Familiar,” Berlinale Golden Bear-winning director Călin Peter Netzer follows Dragoş Binder, a film director, as he delves into the murky secrets of his family, and tries to exorcise the trauma of his childhood by making a film about it. Beta Cinema is handling world sales for the film, which has its world premiere this month at Black Nights Film Festival in Tallinn, Estonia.
In the film, Dragoş is trying to understand how his family were able to leave Romania in the early 80s, during the most oppressive period of Nicolae Ceausescu’s rule. Dragoş also seeks to discover the truth of the breakdown in the marriage between his father, Emil, and mother, Valentina, and the true nature of Valentina’s relationship with swimming instructor Harald Stern, a suspected informant for the secret police, the Securitate.
The trailer for “Familiar”
Emanuel Pârvu, who appeared in Cristian Mungiu’s Cannes award winner “Graduation,...
In the film, Dragoş is trying to understand how his family were able to leave Romania in the early 80s, during the most oppressive period of Nicolae Ceausescu’s rule. Dragoş also seeks to discover the truth of the breakdown in the marriage between his father, Emil, and mother, Valentina, and the true nature of Valentina’s relationship with swimming instructor Harald Stern, a suspected informant for the secret police, the Securitate.
The trailer for “Familiar”
Emanuel Pârvu, who appeared in Cristian Mungiu’s Cannes award winner “Graduation,...
- 11/3/2023
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Romanian director won Golden Bear at Berlinale in 2013 for ’Child’s Pose’.
Beta Cinema is to handle international sales on Familiar, the new film from Berlinale Golden Bear-winning director Călin Peter Netzer.
Familiar stars Romanian actor Emanuel Pârvu, known for films such as Graduation, Miracle and Tales From A Golden Age, as a movie director investigating the darkest secrets intoxicating his family.
Netzer wrote the script with the film’s main actress Iulia Lumânare and produced together with Oana Iancu through Parada Film, the company behind Romanian director Netzer’s 2013 Golden Bear winner Child’s Pose and his 2017 Silver Bear winner Ana, Mon Amour.
Beta Cinema is to handle international sales on Familiar, the new film from Berlinale Golden Bear-winning director Călin Peter Netzer.
Familiar stars Romanian actor Emanuel Pârvu, known for films such as Graduation, Miracle and Tales From A Golden Age, as a movie director investigating the darkest secrets intoxicating his family.
Netzer wrote the script with the film’s main actress Iulia Lumânare and produced together with Oana Iancu through Parada Film, the company behind Romanian director Netzer’s 2013 Golden Bear winner Child’s Pose and his 2017 Silver Bear winner Ana, Mon Amour.
- 4/26/2023
- by Tim Dams
- ScreenDaily
Cristi Puiu's Cannes film Sieranevada scooped major awards at the Gopo awards, the Romanian equivalent of the Oscars, at a ceremony held in Bucharest on Tuesday.
The film, which centers on a family gathered to mark an anniversary of its patriarch's recent death, premiered in the official selection at the Cannes international film festival last year and was later selected as Romania's entry in the best foreign-language Oscar race.
Sieranevada was awarded as the best film, and Puiu collected the best director and the best screenplay awards.
The film's stars Dana Dogaru and Ana Ciontea were named as...
The film, which centers on a family gathered to mark an anniversary of its patriarch's recent death, premiered in the official selection at the Cannes international film festival last year and was later selected as Romania's entry in the best foreign-language Oscar race.
Sieranevada was awarded as the best film, and Puiu collected the best director and the best screenplay awards.
The film's stars Dana Dogaru and Ana Ciontea were named as...
- 3/22/2017
- by Vladimir Kozlov
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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