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Crulic - The Path to Beyond (2011)

Crulic - Drumul spre dincolo (2011)

73 min. - Documentary Animation - AP 12 - 21.10.2011

Synopsis:

It`s a true story that happened in Poland in 2007-2008. The Romanian citizen Claudiu Crulic is arrested in Krakow, for assumed theft and is held in prison, against the evidences that clearly prove that at the date of the theft he was in another city. Defenseless and totally abandoned by the authorities from Romania, Claudiu Crulic begins a hunger strike and dies in prison.

Director: Anca Damian

Writer: Anca Damian

Stars: Vlad Ivanov, Sandrine Bonnaire, Jamie Sives


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Video Gallery:

Crulic Trailer 1
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Casting:

Vlad Ivanov Crulic (voice)
Crulic - The Path to Beyond (2011) Sandrine Bonnaire voice
Crulic - The Path to Beyond (2011) Jamie Sives Narrator
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Produced By

Aparte Film, Magellan Foundation (co-producător)

Production info

Câştigă concursul CNC de proiecte cinematografice, sesiunea decembrie 2010 - ianuarie 2011. Buget 292.000 euro.

Distributors

Independenţa Film ´97

Festivals, Awards

  1. 2011 - Cottbus - Award of the Ecumenical Jury and Honorable Mention
    2011 - Locarno - Special Mention
    2011 - Warsaw - Special Mention
    2011 - Jihlava - Silver Eye Award the best mid-length documentary
    2012 - Annecy - Best Feature
    2012 - Istanbul - Special Prize of the Jury
    2012 - Gopo - Best Sound, Best Music
    2012 - UCIN - Grand Prize
    2012 - Milwaukee - Best Film
    2013 - Monstra - Animation Lisabona - Grand Prize
    2013 - Seoul - Special Prize of the Jury
    2013 - CICDAF Changzhou - Best Feature
    2013 - Anima - Audience Award and Belgian Television Award

Trivia

Presa internaţională
"Crulic - Drumul spre dincolo reconstituie povestea kafkiană a unui român arestat în Polonia în 2008. Anca Damian nu înfrumuseţează subiectul, ci foloseşte animaţia pentru a da senzaţia lipsei de dreptate, iar povestea este spusă cu ironie detaşată."(Variety)

Articles

“Crulic” merge la Festivalul Internaţional de Filme pentru Femei din Israel
Interviul săptămânii cu Anca Damian
Cine însufleţeşte animaţia românească  - Dana Medar
Când justiţia e oarbă  - Cristina Zaharia
Crulic  - Ileana Bîrsan
Crulic – dosarul unei inexistenţe  - Angelo Mitchievici
Docu-melo-anima-film  - Andrei Gorzo
Astra Film Festival: 16 premieres and one film running for the 2021 Oscars nominations
13 filme românești, într-o secțiune specială dedicată României, la Festivalul de Film Opolskie Lamy
Aaron Long, unul dintre regizorii “BoJack Horseman”, în dialog cu publicul Animest
The Animated Documentary as Narrative on Traumas  - Dana Duma

Website

http://crulic.ro/
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