Synopsis
Emanuel, a twenty-year old young man suffering from bone tuberculosis, is admitted to a seaside sanatorium. A free adaptation of the writings of M. Blecher. *Catalan première
Festivals and Awards
Special Jury Award in Locarno | Best director in Mar del Plata
Filmmaker
Radu Jude
Radu Jude (1977) graduated the filmmaking Department of Media University in 2003. He worked as an assistant director. He directed the short films “The Tube with a Hat” (2006) (winner of more than 50 international prizes in Sundance, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Uppsala etc.), “Alexandra” (2007) (selected in Clermont- Ferrand, awarded in Oberhausen) and more than 150 advertising commercials. His debut feature film, “The Happiest Girl in the World” (2009), winner of NHK/Filmmaker Award in Sundance and Hubert Bals grant, was awarded with the CICAE prize in Berlinale-Forum 2009. It was selected in more than 50 film festivals among which Toronto, New Directors/New Films – NY, Thessaloniki, Sarajevo and London. The film was released in cinemas in France, UK, Austria and Spain.
Filmography: Scarred Hearts (2016), Aferim! (2015), It Can Pass Through the Wall (curt, 2014), Shadow of a Cloud (curt, 2013), Everybody in Our family (2012), Film pentru prieteni (2011), The Happiest Girl in the World (2009), In the Moring (curt, 2007), Alexandra (curt, 2006), The Tube with a Hat (curt, 2006)
