Główny temat z dnia Wtorek, 29. Maj 2007

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A breath of fresh air has floated through Cannes

For the first time in the Cannes Film Festival's 60 years of existence, the Golden Palm has been given to a Romanian film. It was awarded on Sunday, May 27th, to the director Christian Mungiu for '4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days'. The European press is delighted with this choice which illustrates a certain renewal of the film industry.

Cotidianul - Rumunia

Even the "oldies" are impressed by Cristian Mungius's triumph in Cannes! For years there has been bitter rivalry in the Romanian film scene between a new generation of filmmakers who, like Mungiu, deal with the legacy of communism and an older generation that produces government-funded historical films that bear a marked resemblance with the propaganda films of the past. Cristian Teodorescu was therefore understandably surprised to see the old guard applauding their younger colleague at Cannes. "'This is a great success for the Romanian film industry' comment persons who only a few hours before the award-giving ceremony didn't think Cristian Mungiu had a chance of even winning the award for best director - because he's Romanian... I have no idea what's got into the old director Sergiu Nicolaescu, who all of a sudden is heaping praise on his young colleague. Only recently he said not one of the directors of the new generation was worth a bean. ... The filmmaker Mungiu is of little consequence in the alchemy of our patriotic arrogance. For the older generation only yesterday's opinions count. As far as they're concerned it was the Romanian film industry - or in other words them, the old luminaries - that won at Cannes." (29/05/2007)

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Libération - Francja

"By awarding the biggest prize to Cristian Mungiu, the Cannes Film Festival's jury has demonstrated good taste and audacious intuition, while also officially divulging a secret that is well-known among film buffs: in just a few years, Romania, coming from a political context where images were regulated by the ruling power, will have become the haven of cinema", writes Philippe Azoury. "Not only because production companies from the world over, especially in France and Hollywood, are fighting over its studios which are among the best on the world's market, but mostly because for half a decade Bucharest's film schools have been producing a group of very young film makers, all of whom are very keen to bare witness to the painful transformations that Romanian society has been going through since the fall of Ceausescu." (28/05/2007)

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taz - Niemcy

According to Nikolaj Nikitin, a film expert specialised in Eastern European cinema, talk of a Romanian "Nouvelle vague" is not exaggerated. In an interview with Ekkehard Knörer he explains what the new films of the "Bucharest School" - to which not only Cannes winner Cristian Mungiu but also Cristi Puiu, Corneliu Porumboiu and Cristian Nemescu belong - have in common from the point of view of their aesthetics. "This is of course far removed from the US commercial films and closer to the films of John Casavetes, the early Godard films and the documentary Cinema Vérité. The actors play a vital role because the camera always follows them very closely. In fact the camera work is generally crucial for the aesthetic quality of these films. Oleg Mutu, who was also the cameraman for [Cristi Puiu's] 'Death of Mr. Lazarescu', filmed virtually everything in '4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days' by hand. The result is very direct images that stay with you for a long time." (29/05/2007)

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Rzeczpospolita - Polska

Barbara Hollender heartily approves of the jury's decision to award the Palme d'Or to Cristian Mungiu. She writes that the Cannes Film Festival reflects the world's moods and that this year's films exuded the kind of fear and sense of ominous threat that was prevalent after September 11th... "The true hero of this festival was the unassuming 39-year-old Romanian Cristian Mungiu. His film '4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 days' captivated critics and jury members alike. We are witnessing the revival of the cinematography of the post-communist countries. ... Artists from these countries are confronting the past, warning of the dangers of all forms of totalitarianism and promoting political and social tolerance. They are making important films. It's a pity Polish filmmakers haven't been able to follow this trend." (28/05/2007)

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Le Temps - Szwajcaria

Thierry Jobin considers that this 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival will be remembered for "an exemplary prize list and above all a 7th art in search of a new role: having observed the world for so long, it now knows and feels that it is capable of playing a role in it. The victories of the Romanian Cristian Mungiu (Golden Palm) and the Turkish Fatih Akin (Best Screenplay), the sudden globalisation of their 'minor films', are indeed able to break their countries' silences and draw artistic, economic and political attention to them. ... The idea is to weave new social ties and give every community on the planet the opportunity to better understand its history by examining its cinematic past, avoiding the forgetting that leads to wars. Never before has the world of cinema dreamt up a more beautiful utopia." (29/05/2007)

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Ta Nea - Grecja

"If you liked 'The Lives of Others', you are going to love the winner of the Cannes 2007 Golden Palm", enthuses the daily. "From out of the blue, the Romanian Cristian Mungiu has reached the summit ! This is rightful justice being done to the renaissance of cinema. ... He may be from a small country that has only just entered the EU, but Mungiu managed to dethrone Tarantino, Kusturica, James Gray, the Coen brothers and dozens of other famous directors speeding in their Ferraris to try and catch up with the old banger from Bucharest. The 60 years of the Festival have only been worthwhile for this type of race that occurs once every ten years. Thank you Mr. Stephen Frears [President of the Jury] ! And thanks too to those crafty diplomats who threw Mungiu straight into the arena on day one, setting a high standard for the rest of the festival" (29/05/2007)

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