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GREAT COMMUNIST BANK ROBBERY, THE

11.07 - 22.00 Nairi Cinema, Small Hall
2004, Romania, 75 min.

NON COMPETITION PROGRAM
Jan Vrijman Fund Program

Script./Dir.: Alexandru Solomon, Dir. of Photo: Constantin Chelba, Sound: Viorel Dobre, Dana Bunescu, Edit.: Sophie Reiter.

The camera never lies. This adage from the early years of documentary was adopted by the Romanian realist regime in 1959 to convince viewers of the veracity of its “reconstruction” of a bank robbery. In addition, the leading roles were played by the six perpetrators themselves, portrayed as corrupt gangsters. More than forty years later, the director reconstructs the reconstruction, incorporating interviewers with a former cellmate.

Alexandru Solomon

Born 1966, Bucharest, Romania.
Filmmaker, cinematographer, video artist. Member of the Romanian Filmmakers’ Guild. From 1986-1991 studied at the Film and Theatre Academy, camera department. Since 1993 to the present day is the program manager of Fundatia Arte Vizuale (Visual Arts Foundation).

Filmography
Duo For Paoloncello and Petronome (1994), Via Regris (1995), Zurich Chronicle (1996), Fortress Guard (1997) Dog’s Life (1999), The Man with Thousand Eyes (2001), The Bread of Exile (2002), The Great Communist Bank Robbery (2004).

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Cast:. Lou Castel, Paola Pitagora, Marino Masé, Liliana Gerace, Stefania Troglio, Jeannie McNeil.

On a rural estate live three brothers, a sister, and their blind, religious mother. Three of the siblings have epilepsy, the fourth and eldest, Augusto does not, and he's about to break away from the family: he's in love with Lucia and planning to move to the city. Augusto's sister Guilia tries to frustrate the lovers, while another brother, Alessandro, hatches a far-reaching plot to free himself of his mother's demands and other family responsibilities, to give Augusto the wherewithal to leave with Lucia, and, perhaps, to pursue incestuous impulses with his sister.

Awards
Silver Ribbon - Best Original Story, Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists, 1966; Silver Sail, Locarno IFF, 1965.

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