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Back Home (2014)

Acasă la tata (2014)

91 min. - Drama - AP 12 - 06.11.2015

Synopsis: Robert, a published poet and journalist from Bucharest, goes back home, to the village where he was born, which he hasn't visited since his mother's death. His relationship with his father is not a very good one, and the reconnection is not helped by the fact that the old man now lives with Iuliana. Over the next 24 hours, Robert will confront his past, in an outstanding effort to renegotiate his present. It is a war of readjustments: expectations, status and ambitions will be discussed in search of a certain existential clarity.

Director: Andrei Cohn

Writer: Mimi Brănescu

Stars: Alexandru Papadopol, Ioana Flora, Andi Vasluianu


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Casting:

Alexandru Papadopol Robert
Ioana Flora Paula
Andi Vasluianu Petrică
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Produced By

Film Location Guide, cu sprijinul CNC, Scandia Kandia Dulce, cu participarea HBO România

Production info

Câştigă concursul de proiecte CNC secţia debut lungmetraj ficţiune, sesiunea iunie-iulie 2010. Filmări în toamna lui 2012 în comuna Limanu.

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Festivals, Awards

  1. 2015 - UCIN - Cea mai bună actriță în rol secundar (Ioana Flora)
    2016 - Gopo - Cea mai bună actriță în rol principal (Ioana Flora)

Storyline

After a long absence, Robert, a man in his `30s returns to his native village. Meeting his father again is quite unpleasant for him, especially that the son cannot forgive him for having brought a concubine into their home, only four years after his mother`s death. She tries in vain to be as friendly as possible and to pour oil on the troubled waters between father and son. Meeting two of his school colleagues – Petrică, his best friend and Paula, his first girlfriend – is full of the joy of seeing each other again and full of memories. All of them consider Robert an accomplished man, even a celebrity in the journalists world from Bucharest. He doesn`t argue against it, but on the contrary, fuels their convictions with different lies. After a drinking night, the truth comes out. Robert is a loser who ran away from Bucharest, feeling scared of taking the responsibility of getting involved in a love affair and of the iminent prospect of soon becoming a father. Petrică has always envied him and always loved Paula who rejected him. Paula has been alone and uncomforted all this time, and meeting Robert again brings only bitterness to her heart.

Trivia

Andrei Cohn despre...
...film: “Chiar dacă la suprafață apar teme cum ar fi ratarea sau condiția provincialului, pe mine m-a interesat să pun în discuție noțiunile abstracte de familie, prietenie și dragoste în contactul dur cu realitatea”.

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