As a kid I from India, I remember reading newspaper reports about Ceausescu. Romania seemed like a distant country, I wanted to know more but about thirty years ago there was not much I could read. Thanks to Robert Eugen Popa's film Veni, Vedi, Fugi. I know more about what was happening in Romania in the eighties. The first shot of the film shows a Roman historical character, which I later discover is Ovid. Film draws parallel between two characters a poet and a young boy who are separated by two thousand years. The young boy wants to leave his country while, Ovid is already out of his country, in exile. The film is about the challenges faced by young boy in a communist regime, from his school principal to loan sharks, everyone lays obstacles in his path.
The film has a complex structure, an implacable irony that dominated the Golden eras (Ceausescu's in the 1980's and Emperor Augustus's 2000 years ago) .This film is a reflection of Romanian society in the days of communist dictatorship. The name of Ceausescu comes couple of times in the film. I would recommend this film to anyone who wants to know more about Romania
The film has a complex structure, an implacable irony that dominated the Golden eras (Ceausescu's in the 1980's and Emperor Augustus's 2000 years ago) .This film is a reflection of Romanian society in the days of communist dictatorship. The name of Ceausescu comes couple of times in the film. I would recommend this film to anyone who wants to know more about Romania