I DO NOT CARE IF WE GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS BARBARIANS
Portrait
The young director Mariana Marin stages a re-enactment of Romania’s entanglements in the Holocaust under the fascist General Antonescu during the Second World War. The public performance steadily morphs into a farce: the spectators are confronted with the dark sides of Romanian history and it becomes exceedingly clear that anti-Semitism is no mere shadow of the past. Graced with a virtuoso’s light touch, Radu Jude’s film on the origins and realisation of this novel re-staging weaves the fictional with the documentary, creating a rousing work of hybrid form.
ÎMI ESTE INDIFERENT DACĂ ÎN ISTORIE VOM INTRA CA BARBARI / MIR IST ES EGAL, WENN WIR ALS BARBAREN IN DIE GESCHICHTE EINGEHEN
ROU, BGR, DEU, FRA, CZE 2018 / 139 min
Language: Romanian
Director: Radu Jude
Screenplay: Radu Jude
Cinematographer: Marius Panduru
Editor: Cătălin Cristuțiu
Sound: Jean Umansky, Cristinel Şirli, Dana Bunescu
Cast: Ioana Iacob, Alexandru Dabija, Alex Bogdan
Producer: Ada Solomon
Production Company: Hi Film Productions
Co-Production Company: Endorfilm, Les Films d‘ici, KLAS Film, Komplizen Film, TVR, ZDF/ARTE
World Sales: Beta Cinema
The young director Mariana Marin stages a re-enactment of Romania’s entanglements in the Holocaust under the fascist General Antonescu during the Second World War. The public performance steadily morphs into a farce: the spectators are confronted with the dark sides of Romanian history and it becomes exceedingly clear that anti-Semitism is no mere shadow of the past. Graced with a virtuoso’s light touch, Radu Jude’s film on the origins and realisation of this novel re-staging weaves the fictional with the documentary, creating a rousing work of hybrid form.
Screenplay: Radu Jude
Cinematographer: Marius Panduru
Editor: Cătălin Cristuțiu
Sound: Jean Umansky, Cristinel Şirli, Dana Bunescu
Cast: Ioana Iacob, Alexandru Dabija, Alex Bogdan
Producer: Ada Solomon
Production Company: Hi Film Productions
Co-Production Company: Endorfilm, Les Films d‘ici, KLAS Film, Komplizen Film, TVR, ZDF/ARTE