THE POTEMKINISTS
POTEMKINI?TII


ROMANIA | 2022 | DCP | ROMANIAN | 18 | RADU JUDE

Director / Director: Radu Jude

Guión / Screenplay: Radu Jude

Productor / Producer: Ada Solomon, Diana Caravia

Fotografía / Cinematography: Marius Panduru

Edición / Editing: C?t?lin Cristu?iu

Sonido / Sound: Titi Fleancu, Marius Left?rache

Compañía Productora / Production Company: microFILM production

Reparto / Cast: Alexandru DabijaCristina Dr?ghici


Sinopsis / Synopsis:

In 1905, the sailors on the battleship Potemkin are given political asylum in Romania - an act of defiance against Russia. In 2021, a sculptor (Alexandru Dabija) wants to create an artwork inspired by the event. A comedy about art, history, memory and cinema, which film critic Andrei Gorzo describes as "a cross between a Caragiale sketch and a Mark Rappaport video essay".

Biografía / Biography:

Radu Jude is a Romanian director and screenwriter. In 2006, he made the short film The Tube with a Hat, winner of more than 50 international awards. The international premiere of The Dead Nation in Locarno 2017 marked his debut in documentary film. "I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians" (2018) won the Crystal Globe for Best Film and Label Europa Cinema Prize in Karlovy Vary in 2018. His latest feature, Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn, won the Golden Bear in Berlinale 2021.
In 2022, Jude returned to Berlinale with a short documentary co-directed with Cioflnc?: Memories from the Eastern Front.

Festivales / Festivals:

Cannes Film Festival - Directors' Fortnight - 2022, France

Contacto / Contact:

Ilinca Belciu
ilinca.belciu@gmail.com