The main parts are played by Laurențiu Bănescu,
Maria Obretin,
Teodor Corban și Simona Arsu. In supporting roles we’ll meet again Miruna Biléi,
Adrian Văncică, Tache Florescu,
Alexandru Papadopol, Ovidiu Niculescu,
Lucian Ifrim sau Gelu Colceag. Laurentiu Banescu, Simona Arsu and Miruna Bilei are the discoveries of this film.
“At the ’77 earthquake I jumped out my window. Well, I lived on the ground floor! In ’86 I did the same. Still the ground floor. In 91 I did not jump. By now I was living on the 3rd floor!” says actor Teodor Corban who embodies Daddy, a manipulative and amoral father who bursts into his son’s Tony (Laurențiu Bănescu) life, thus causing a real earthquake in the latest’s universe.
“A star is born,” says Nae Caranfil about Laurențiu Bănescu. He started his career at 16 with several collaborations on the Bucharest, Sibiu, Timisoara stages. This is his first main part in a film. About the film launching: “I received the heartiest baptism in feature film that can be! Nae discharged this label of «main actor» which, for a beginner, can be
disturbing. He took part of the burden off my shoulders at the right moment.” Even if he doesn’t fear earthquakes pathologically, some sequences drove him out of his comfort zone.” To shoot an earthquake scene at the 14th floor, above Bucharest, or to be ready to attack a jazz dance after floating in a studio, 7-8 meters above the floor, in a cast iron balcony, maneuvered by cables and pulleys… well, yes! That can cause strong sensations!”
Neither Maria Obretin is afraid of earthquakes. The protagonist of the
Shadows tv series is also well-known from her theatre activity in Bucharest. In our film she is Kitty, Tony’s wife: “Kitty is jealous, vulnerable, she has all the problems in the world but she is also sentimental, funny, loving. That’s what I loved about her most. That she succeeds in remaining sweet, likeable, in spite of all her crises and obsessions. I’m grateful to Nae who marvelously wrote and conducted this character”.
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