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Soldiers. Story from Ferentari
5.8 / 10• 2018• 1h 59m•NR• Romanian
Drama
Storyline
Adi (40), a shy and introverted anthropologist who got recently dumped by his girlfriend, moves to Ferentari, most notorious outcasted neighborhood in Bucharest. He wants to write a study on manele music. The pop music of the Roma community serves as a way out for some, but mostly as one more means for the mafia pimps to make money off their acts and keep them in slave-like dependency. While researching his subject, Adi meets Alberto, a Roma ex-convict and a bear of a man, who promises Adi to help him. Soon, the unlikely pair begins a playful romance in which Adi feeds Alberto with improbable plans of escaping poverty and Alberto reciprocates with well-concocted phrases of love. Little by little their casual affair grows into love. And the funny and sweet teasing turns into something precarious, since Alberto is both dangerous and fragile and belongs to a world whose codes Adi doesn't understand.
Cast & Crew
AS
Adrian Schiop
Adi
LeadVP
Vasile Pavel
Alberto
Ștefan Iancu
Andrei
NM
Nicolae Marin
Borcan
KH
Kanako Hashimoto
Brigitte
B
Bulgaras
Bulgaras
DB
Dan Bursuc
Manager
CT
Constantin Titi Nicolae
Sami
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Ivana Mladenović's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Soldiers. Story from Ferentari is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
