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Tales from the Golden Age

2009, Movie, 2h 35min

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.

Country: Romania,France

Directors:

Cristian Mungiu,

Constantin Popescu Jr.,

Cast:

Reviews

Critic Helen O'Hara

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...this portmanteau satire mixes wry laughs and tiny tragedies to depict Ceausescu’s Romania...

Read full review at Empire

Critic Peter Bradshaw

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...bulging with scorn, surrealism and gallows humour.

Read full review at The Guardian

Critic Frederik Asschenfeldt Vandrup

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...rumænerne [har] skruet det listige smil på hele vejen igennem de fem røverhistorier fra 'Den gyldne tid'.

Read full review at Cinemazone

Mats Thorburn

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Episodfilm om ”vandringssägner”, absurda historier om livet under diktaturen - långt från maktens centrum. Fint gjort, med oväntad handling, bra skådespeleri och platser man aldrig sett tidigare, avkrokar på Rumäniens landsbygd som visar sig rymma...

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