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I Made You, I Kill You (2016)

I Made You, I Kill You (2016)

14 min. - Experimental Short Movie - -

Synopsis: In a mix of video, animation, photographs, children’s drawings, music and voice-overs, we hear the story of a childhood in Romania. Marred by alcoholism, threats, domestic violence and frequent funerals, it was by no means a happy one. 

Director: Alexandru Petru Bădeliță

Writer: Alexandru Petru Bădeliță

Stars: Sandu Fratauteanu


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Casting:

I Made You, I Kill You (2016) Sandu Frătăuțeanu Sandu
I Made You, I Kill You (2016) Ecaterina Aurelia Drehluța Mother
I Made You, I Kill You (2016) Petru Covasa Father
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Produced By

Co-production Romania - France / Le Fresnoy

Festivals, Awards

  1. 2017 - BIEFF - Premiul publicului

Trivia

  • World Premiere at IDFA Olanda 2016.
  • Selected at Poitiers Film Festival 2016; RISC Marsilia 2016; IDFA 2016; Clermont-Ferrand 2017; International Film Festival Zoom - Zblizenia Polonia 2017, competiția video; FIPA - Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels Franța 2017, Tampere Film Festival 2017, Festival Chalon Tout Court 2017.
Alexandru Petru Badelita about the movie:
”I think that this film is necessary for me, in this moment of my life. I have always been ashamed to talk about my childhood and I think that this caused me a lot of sadness. As a child, I would dream about an American movie star who would come and take me away from the hell I was living in. I am sure I wasn’t the only one who had this dream. In my case, doing art and making films became my way of dealing with trauma. I also made this film for those who never dare to talk about their childhood maltreatment.”

IDFA presentation:
”In vibrant images, filmmaker Alexandru Petru Badelita criticizes the country he grew up in, and in particular the drab village where he spent his youth. His own family doesn’t come off well; unhappiness is handed down from generation to generation. Badelita manages to escape, as a child by studying and imitating TV stars, and now by making his own film. In this short documentary, moving images are projected on old photos, and children’s drawings are blended with animation. The editing is so intriguing in itself that you almost forget to follow the story – which makes this a film to see more than once.”
 

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