Aferim

Film Info

Romania 2015 | 105 min. Director: Radu Jude

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Aferim

Synopsis

In 19th century Romania, Costandin, a policeman of the time, and his son travel through the country in search of a fugitive Gypsy slave.

Cast & Crew

Director

Radu Jude
Producer

Ada Solomon, Rossitsa Valkanova, Jiří Konečný, Ovidiu Sandor
Screenwriter

Radu Jude, Florin Lazarescu
Director of photography

Marius Panduru
Main Cast

Teodor Corban (Costandin), Mihai Comanoiu (Ionita), Cuzin Toma (Carfin), Alexandru Dabija (Boyar Iordache Cindescu), Alexandru Bindea (The Priest), Luminita Gheorghiu (craftsman's wife), Victor Rebengiuc ( craftsman), Alberto Dinache (Tintiric), Mihaela Sirbu (Sultana), Adina Cristescu (Zambila), Serban Pavlu (traveller at the inn), Gabriel Spahiu (Vasile), Dan Nicolaescu ( merchant), Liviu Ornea (abbot)
Editor (Cut)

Catalin Cristutiu
Sound Design

Dana Lucretia Bunescu
Original Score

Trei Parale
Production Design

Augustina Stanciu
Costume Design

Dana Paparuz

Director's comment

I don’t know which psychologist said that a person is mentally healthy only if they know where they come from, where they are and where they want to go. I believe this applies to societies too, not only individuals. The Romanian society will not be truly healthy until it faces its past with honesty and lucidity – be it the recent or the remote past.
The movie AFERIM! is an attempt to gaze into the past, to take a journey inside the mentalities of the beginning of the 19th century – all epistemological imperfections inherent to such an enterprise included. It is obvious that such an effort would be pointless should we not believe that this hazy past holds the explanation for certain present issues.
“We research each period firstly for the promises they contain for the following period” says Johan Huizinga. More than anything, I want this film to be a stimulus that makes the audience question in a deeper and more systematic way the issues I was only able to bring up.