Tales from the Golden Age (2009)
- Original title
- Amintiri din epoca de aur
- Directed by
- Răzvan Mărculescu, Ioana Uricaru, Hanno Höfer, Constantin Popescu
- Genre
- comedy film, anthology film
- Country
- Romania
- Runtime
- 2h 18m
- Rated
- 12A
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 84 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Six short stories show absurd situations from the late Communist period in Romania. They are based on urban myths and focus on ordinary people dealing with strange events.
whimsicaldarkly comicnostalgicironicepisodicbittersweetsatiricalgrounded
What happens
Tales from the Golden Age (Romanian: Amintiri din epoca de aur) is a 2009 Romanian omnibus film. It was screened as part of the Un Certain Regard section at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. The film is composed of six whimsical, yet blackly comic short stories, each one set in the late Communist period in Romania and based on urban myths from the time, reflecting the perspective of ordinary people. The title of the film refers to the alleged "Golden Age" (by Bolshevik propaganda) of the last 15 years of Nicolae Ceaușescu's regime. Each episode concludes with "legend tells us... ", each item being legend because, of course, no such thing could have happened during the "Golden Age". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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