David Parkinson (Empire) attended the screenings of Romanian Cinema Week "ALL CHANGE!" (London, 1st-4th May, 2009). This is what he wrote about "Tiger Danny":
[...]And the pain of maternal separation recurs in Radu Potcoava's Tiger Danny, as Victoria Cocias tries to persuade Ionut Adascalitei to take her homemade steak and fries with him on the plane to America. Girlfriend Valentina Popa is much more concerned with her list of fashion requests, while younger brother Alin Rosca fusses about sports stuff and gadgets and building manager Marcel Horobet even hints about some fishing tackle, as Adascalitei sets off for the airport. However, he hasn't left himself enough time to negotiate the Bucharest traffic and Popa's need for the loo and the unreliability of buddy Dorian Boguta's car mean that he only just reaches the check-in on time. Or does he...?
Riffing on the same consumerist avidity that currently informs so many Romanian pictures, this is also a study in deception (as Popa can barely wait for her boyfriend to catch his plane before she's making plans to cheat on him) and a lament for the decline in traditional communal manners, with Cocias's charity towards a recently widowed neighbour contrasting with Boguta hitting on Popa as soon as Adascalitei is out of sight. The staccato pacing, as each fresh mishap hinders Adascalitei's journey, rather suggests the country's stumbling progress away from its totalitarian past. But the real satirical punch comes in the last shot.
David Parkinson
The rest of the article can be found here: http://www.empireonline.com/festivalsandseasons/main.asp?FID=762
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
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Saturday, March 7, 2009
How The Idea Popped Up
Early July, Amsterdam. After five months away from home, I was preparing to come back to Bucharest. So I declared the "bucket list" open, and asked my friends what do they want me to bring them as presents. Weed, hemps, rolling paper, dildos, poppers... nothing new, nothing surprising. Except from one thing, and that demand came from Marius ( a mid-thirty married guy; Likes: drinking, gambling, fishing, wasting time; Dislikes: his married man condition). He wanted one thing: a genuine Holland tullip bulb! That is what I call "a surprise"! Mid-July, Schiphol airport. While boarding on my plane back home, I realised that I have an 11 kilos bag only for presents! (No, I didn't bring any hemps at all...) And I realised some things will never change: the Romanian obsession to bring loads of presents while going abroad, the unusual presents' demands, the "West-European wannabe" Romanian attitude, and the believe that similar products are much better if bought from abroad (Marlboro cigarettes, Coca-Cola, Levi's jeans, etc.... stuffs that people used to see during Ceausescu only in Western magazines' ads). Going abroad is the shortest way to have access to all these products, and thus to live a better life. To get rich. To be somebody. To earn easy money. To buy yourself a luxury car, the way you deserve. All the Romanians who left their country are filthy rich. They all drive Mercedes, BMW, Audi, VW Touareg... if you don't have one, when you're coming back home, you're a sucker. If you don't wear genuine Italian designer clothes and spend hundreds euros daily, you're nothing. And if you still speak Romanian correctly, without being an "up-nose" and a poser... then, why did you left Romania??? Almost all Romanians who go working abroad have all these in mind, while leaving. There are also a long bucket list, and a longer "to-pose-with" list to be accomplished when coming back in Romania. If something's missing... others dreams were blown away, and the tragedy begins.
About the Producer
DOMINO FILM is a Romanian production company, based in Bucharest. Domino Film produced most of the movies made by Nae Caranfil: "Asphalt Tango" (1995), "Filantropica" (2002) and the latest Romanian proposal for the Oscars "The Rest Is Silence" (winner of 9 Romanian Film Industry prizes, GOPO 2009, including for Best Producer). With Caranfil's last production, Domino Film succeeded to cover the biggest film budget from the latest history of Romanian cinema, of over 2,2 millions euro.
Domino Film's recent filmography includes international coproductions, such as "A La Petite Semaine" (directed by Sam Karmann), "A Reszleg" (produced together with Hunnia Filmstudio), and the 2008 Venice Film Festival awarded "Pa-Ra-Da" (co-production with Panorama Film).
Domino Film also produced or co-produced TV movies and TV series for national and international audience, such as history docudramas for National Geographic, TV movies for Italian channels ("Senso di Colpa", "Torniamo a Casa", "Rivoglio I Miei Figli") and domestic stations ("Tache").
Cristian Comeaga, Manager of Domino Film, is the Director of Photography for most of Nae Caranfil's movies ("E Pericoloso Sporgersi", "Asphalt Tango", "Dolce Far Niente").
Domino Film's recent filmography includes international coproductions, such as "A La Petite Semaine" (directed by Sam Karmann), "A Reszleg" (produced together with Hunnia Filmstudio), and the 2008 Venice Film Festival awarded "Pa-Ra-Da" (co-production with Panorama Film).
Domino Film also produced or co-produced TV movies and TV series for national and international audience, such as history docudramas for National Geographic, TV movies for Italian channels ("Senso di Colpa", "Torniamo a Casa", "Rivoglio I Miei Figli") and domestic stations ("Tache").
Cristian Comeaga, Manager of Domino Film, is the Director of Photography for most of Nae Caranfil's movies ("E Pericoloso Sporgersi", "Asphalt Tango", "Dolce Far Niente").
About the Author
RADU POTCOAVA (born: July, 11th, 1978).
Writer and director.
Graduate of Hyperion University (MA in Film Directing) and Binger Filmlab (MA in Scriptwriting).
Participant of EUREKA Audiovisual and VERTICAL STRATEGIES trainings.
The Same Station for Two ("Aceeasi Gara Pentru Doi") - co-writer and director.
2001, 13', 35mm., Stereo Digital, produced by Total Professional Records and MDV Film.
Selected at: DAKINO FF 2001, MANNHEIM IFF 2002, HULL IFF 2003, FIFF NAMUR 2003, WUNSIEDEL FF 2003, LONDON FF 2003, CINEMAIUBIT 2001.
Best Short Script: CINEMAIUBIT, 2000.
Happy End - director.
2006, 87', 35mm., produced by Paradox Film.
Selected at: PECS Film Festival 2007, CAIRO Film Festival 2007.
Tiger Danny ("Danut Pleaca Pe Vapor") - writer and director.
2008, 25', HD, Stereo Digital, produced by Domino Film.
Selected at: NEXT Film Festival 2009, New Romanian Cinema Week London 2009.
Daddy Rules - writer and director.
2010, 25', HD, produced bt MediaPro Pictures (in pre-production).
Bruzli - writer.
2010, 100', produced by MediaPro Pictures (in development).
Script Developed with kind support of National Film Centre of Romania.
Positive - writer.
2010, 100' (in development).
Script Developed with kind support of Binger Filmlab, Nipkow Programm, Connecting Cottbus, Pre-Media Support.
Writer and director.
Graduate of Hyperion University (MA in Film Directing) and Binger Filmlab (MA in Scriptwriting).
Participant of EUREKA Audiovisual and VERTICAL STRATEGIES trainings.
The Same Station for Two ("Aceeasi Gara Pentru Doi") - co-writer and director.
2001, 13', 35mm., Stereo Digital, produced by Total Professional Records and MDV Film.
Selected at: DAKINO FF 2001, MANNHEIM IFF 2002, HULL IFF 2003, FIFF NAMUR 2003, WUNSIEDEL FF 2003, LONDON FF 2003, CINEMAIUBIT 2001.
Best Short Script: CINEMAIUBIT, 2000.
Happy End - director.
2006, 87', 35mm., produced by Paradox Film.
Selected at: PECS Film Festival 2007, CAIRO Film Festival 2007.
Tiger Danny ("Danut Pleaca Pe Vapor") - writer and director.
2008, 25', HD, Stereo Digital, produced by Domino Film.
Selected at: NEXT Film Festival 2009, New Romanian Cinema Week London 2009.
Daddy Rules - writer and director.
2010, 25', HD, produced bt MediaPro Pictures (in pre-production).
Bruzli - writer.
2010, 100', produced by MediaPro Pictures (in development).
Script Developed with kind support of National Film Centre of Romania.
Positive - writer.
2010, 100' (in development).
Script Developed with kind support of Binger Filmlab, Nipkow Programm, Connecting Cottbus, Pre-Media Support.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
TIGER DANNY Soundtrack
These are the links to some places where you can listen again the tracks from Tiger Danny:
- Nu Ma Suparati (feat. Susanu) http://youtube.com/watch?v=2hBtpqxuD_Q
- Si Cand Mor Am Valoare (feat. Cristi Dules and Brazilianu) http://youtube.com/watch?v=qymrn-XkrDM
- Cine Trece Granita (the "jewerly" on the credit lists) http://www.esnips.com/doc/2d339b98-e4e5-4c47-bf2d-c0ff7bbc16a5/Nicolae%20Guta%20-%20Cine%20trece%20granita
Enjoy.
- Nu Ma Suparati (feat. Susanu) http://youtube.com/watch?v=2hBtpqxuD_Q
- Si Cand Mor Am Valoare (feat. Cristi Dules and Brazilianu) http://youtube.com/watch?v=qymrn-XkrDM
- Cine Trece Granita (the "jewerly" on the credit lists) http://www.esnips.com/doc/2d339b98-e4e5-4c47-bf2d-c0ff7bbc16a5/Nicolae%20Guta%20-%20Cine%20trece%20granita
Enjoy.
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