“Monsters.”, Awarded with Golden Mimosa at Herceg Novi

     Written and directed by Marius Olteanu, Monsters. / Monștri. receives a new international award at the most important film festival in Montenegro. A story about compromises and final decisions in the life of a couple, the film received the Golden Mimosa Trophy for the best screenplay at the 33rd edition of the Filmski Festival Herceg Novi.
     The only Romanian film selected at the Berlin Film Festival this year, Marius Olteanu`s feature debut was screened in the Forum section and it received the Audience Award of the Tagesspiegel magazine. It also received the Great Prize of the Sofia International Film Festival. The film was screened in the competition of the Tel Aviv LGBT Film Festival and its Romanian preview was at TIFF, where it received the Romanian Film Days Award for Best Debut.
     On the occasion of the TIFF screening, the director Marius Olteanu a gave us an interview.
     Monsters./ Monștri. will be distributed in the Romanian cinemas by Transilvania Film, starting with September 27.
     The film, a Parada Film and Wearebasca production, presents a day, possibly the last day in the life of a couple. Dana (Judith State) and Arthur (Cristian Popa) are in front of an important decision. She needs confirmations. He wants company. They`ve shared the same bed for years, but for quite some time they don`t seem to walk the same road. What are the chances of survival of a relationship fuelled by compromises and social pressure? The lack of assuming the responsibility and the lack of communication can ruin marriages, but love doesn`t bring out monsters.
     “The actors are superb, right down to the way their bodies seem familiarly in sync with each other even if tehre is no physical attraction between their characters anymore. How sad it is to have such mutual love without being in love; how guilty and helpless you feel when the one person who is most unreservedly supportive of you – of the truth of you – is also the person that truth hurts the most.” the Variety magazine writes.
     The film also features the actors Șerban Pavlu, Dorina Lazăr and Alexandru Potocean. The director of photography is Luchian Ciobanu, the art designer is Alexandra Alma Ungureanu Stroe, the editing is signed by Ioachim Stroe and the sound design is signed by Ioan Filip and Dan Ștefan Rucăreanu.