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2011
Not Rated
IFC Films
2 h 35 m

2011
Not Rated
IFC Films
2 h 35 m

Tales from the Golden Age

Summary The final 15 years of the Ceausescu regime were the worst in Romania's history. Nonetheless, the propaganda machine of that time referred without fail to that period as “the golden age”... Tales From the Golden Age adapts for screen the most popular urban myths of the period. Comic, bizarre, surprising myths abounded, myths that drew on...

Directed By: Hanno Höfer, Razvan Marculescu, Cristian Mungiu, Constantin Popescu, Ioana Uricaru

Written By: Cristian Mungiu

2011
Not Rated
IFC Films
2 h 35 m

2011
Not Rated
IFC Films
2 h 35 m

Tales from the Golden Age

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews

68

User Score Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings

7.5

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Summary The final 15 years of the Ceausescu regime were the worst in Romania's history. Nonetheless, the propaganda machine of that time referred without fail to that period as “the golden age”... Tales From the Golden Age adapts for screen the most popular urban myths of the period. Comic, bizarre, surprising myths abounded, myths that drew on...

Directed By: Hanno Höfer, Razvan Marculescu, Cristian Mungiu, Constantin Popescu, Ioana Uricaru

Written By: Cristian Mungiu

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Top Cast

Diana Cavallioti

Crina (segment "The Legend of the Air Sellers")

Radu Iacoban

Bughi (segment "The Legend of the Air Sellers")

Vlad Ivanov

Grigore (segment "The Legend of the Chicken Driver")

Tania Popa

Camelia (segment "The Legend of the Chicken Driver")

Liliana Mocanu

Marusia (segment "The Legend of the Chicken Driver")

Alexandru Potocean

The Secretary (segment "The Legend of the Official Visit")

Teodor Corban

The Mayor (segment "The Legend of the Official Visit")

Emanuel Parvu

The Party Inspector (segment "The Legend of the Official Visit")

Calin Chirila

The Party Activist (segment "The Legend of the Party Activist")

Romeo Tudor

The Shepherd (segment "The Legend of the Party Activist")

Avram Birau

The Photographer (segment "The Legend of the Party Photographer")

Paul Dunca

The Photographer's Assistant (segment "The Legend of the Party Photographer")

Viorel Comanici

The Party Secretary (segment "The Legend of the Party Photographer")

Ion Sapdaru

Policeman Alexa (segment "The Legend of the Greedy Policeman")

Virginia Mirea

Policeman's Wife (segment "The Legend of the Greedy Policeman")

Gabriel Spahiu

Neighbor (segment "The Legend of the Greedy Policeman")

Virgil Aioanei

Second Driver

Ingrid Bisu

Viviana

Eugenia Bosânceanu

Second Housewife

Smaranda Caragea

Roxana

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Critic Reviews

Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews

89% Positive
8 Reviews

11% Mixed
1 Review

0% Negative
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Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews

89% Positive
8 Reviews

11% Mixed
1 Review

0% Negative
0 Reviews

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Aug 24, 2011

Although several sections deal with the Ceausescu-era party apparatus, Mungiu's interest lies more in how the nation's political confusion affected the general populace. It's history told from the bottom, where what everyone thinks happened matters as much as what actually did.

Aug 23, 2011

Flashes of bleak humour makes this wry portrait a compelling experience.

By Helen O'Hara FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

Aug 25, 2011

The strongest tales embrace a strain of barnyard humor that is matched by the robust performances of actors who convey an earthy jocularity. The movie doesn't shy away from comparing these hardy, weather-beaten rustics to their livestock.

By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW

Aug 23, 2011

Sardonic as it may be, Tales From the Golden Age is basically affirmative - its true subject is resilience. Romania suffered under a regime of dangerous stupidity. Drawing on popular memory, Mungiu has orchestrated a contribution to local folklore, a suite of stories in which those rendered witless by oppression were compelled by circumstance to live off their wits.

By J. Hoberman FULL REVIEW

Aug 23, 2011

Though Mungiu's presumed two shorts have the most individual feel, the other helmers -- Ioana Uricaru, Hanno Hoefer, Razvan Marculescu and Constantin Popescu, all feature novices -- show a plethora of styles within the so-called "Romanian New Wave."

Aug 26, 2011

The collection is a mixed bag, although there are no clunkers.

By V.A. Musetto FULL REVIEW

Aug 22, 2011

The first four of the film's 1980s-set episodes are shorter in length and more anecdotal in nature than the last two and deal primarily with the pageantry and inflexible customs behind the regime with a perspective at once amused and bemused.

By Andrew Schenker FULL REVIEW

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User Reviews

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Details

Production Company Mobra Films, Why Not Productions

Release Date Aug 26, 2011

Duration 2 h 35 m

Rating Not Rated

Genres

Website http://www.amintiridinepocadeaur.ro/

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Awards

Gopo Awards, Romania

• 2 Wins & 4 Nominations

Cannes Film Festival

• 1 Nomination

Warsaw International Film Festival

• 1 Nomination

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