Tales from the Golden Age
Comedy, History
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2009
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Composed of six unconventional vignettes, each one dealing with the late communist period in Romania, a narrative is told through its urban myths from the perspective of ordinary people. The title refers to the alluded "Golden Age" of the last 15 years of Ceaușescu's regime.
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Runtime:
155 min
Release date:
29 May 2009
Country:
RO, FR
Languages:
Romanian
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$494,486
Awards:
2 wins & 5 nominations
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
The collection is a mixed bag, although there are no clunkers.
– V.A. Musetto,
New York Post,
26 Aug 2011
fresh:
There are moments, especially in the first two tales, that conjure a maniacal Chaplinesque verve.
– Stephen Holden,
New York Times,
25 Aug 2011
fresh:
Bracketed by the Ceausescu anthem, the movie recalls a social disaster in painstaking detail and with a measure of ambivalent love.
– J. Hoberman,
Village Voice,
24 Aug 2011
fresh:
Though much lighter than the country's art-house fare of the past few years, the collection serves as a sampler of the much-heralded Romanian cinema.
– Liam Lacey,
Globe and Mail,
15 Oct 2010
fresh:
It's a frustrating case of individual triumph cancelling out collective cohesion in this sporadically enjoyable, if tonally mismatched, anthology of five short films.
– David Jenkins,
Time Out,
30 Oct 2009