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Freedom (2023)

Libertate (2023)

109 min. - Drama - N 15 - 06.10.2023

Synopsis: Based on real events from the Revolution that overthrown the Communist regime, Sibiu ’89 reenacts a lesser-known story about those chaotic days of violent civil unrest that led to a bloody confrontation between the Army forces and Ceaușescu’s repression instruments, the Miliția and Securitate (the secret police). In the maddening hunt for the so-called “terrorists” responsible for the killings, panic and confusion ensues. No one’s to be trusted, everyone could be an enemy, ordinary people turn into torturers, but at the end of the day, who were the real terrorists?

Director: Tudor Giurgiu

Writer: Cecilia Ștefănescu, Tudor Giurgiu

Stars: Alex Calangiu, Cătălin Herlo, Ionut Caras


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Casting:

Alex Calangiu
Cătălin Herlo
Ionuț Caras
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Produced By

Libra Film (România) &  Mythberg Films (Ungaria),
with the support of Centrul Național al Cinematografiei &  Institutul Național de Film din Ungaria

Production info

Filmări la Brăila, Sibiu, București, în perioada 1 februarie - 15 martie 2022.
Buget: 1,7 milioane euro

Distributors

Transilvania Film (Romania) / Reason8 (International)

Festivals, Awards

  1. 2023 - TIFF - Vodafone Hearts’ Award
    2023 - Sarajevo - CICAE Award
    2023 - Cinefest Miskolc - Ecumenical Prize
    2023 - Waterloo Historical Film Festival. - Best Costume Designer & Best Art Director
    2023 - Arras - Critics Award
    2023 - Arras - Critics Award
    2023 - Cottbus - FIPRESCI Prize
    2023 - Cottbus - FIPRESCI Prize

Trivia

  • Titlul de lucru: ”Sibiu 89”

Website

https://www.facebook.com/Libertate.Filmul /
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