The World According to Ion B. (2009)

Directed by

Alexander Nanau

Genre

documentary film

Country

Romania

Runtime

1h

Rated

16

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 14 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A documentary about Ion Barladeanu, a homeless man in Bucharest who dreams of becoming famous as an artist. It shows his life on the streets and his unexpected rise toward recognition.

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What happens

The World According to Ion B. (Romanian: Lumea văzută de Ion B.) is a 2009 HBO Romania and Alexander Nanau Production documentary film. The film was written, produced, directed, and photographed by Alexander Nanau. The film depicts the dream of a man living on the streets: to one day become famous and leave behind a life of poverty, misery and humiliation. The title character, Ion Barladeanu, is on his way to becoming an important contemporary artist, but in May 2008 he was still anonymous and living homeless on the streets of Bucharest. It was the first Romanian film to win an American Academy Award when it won the International Emmy Award for Best Arts Programming in 2010. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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