Tales from the Golden Age
2009-05-29
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2h 35m
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Comedy
History
User Score
75 votes
"The final 15 years of the Ceausescu regime were the worst in Romania's history. Nonetheless, the propaganda machine of that time referred without fail to that period as “the golden age”..."
Overview
Composed of six unconventional vignettes, each one dealing with the late communist period in Romania, a narrative is told through its urban myths from the perspective of ordinary people. The title refers to the alluded "Golden Age" of the last 15 years of Ceauşescu's regime.
Hanno Höfer
Director
Cristian Mungiu
Writer
