Country: Romania, Germany
Year: 2009
Duration: 105'
THE MEDAL OF HONOR “The moment in which Ion rediscovers himself is impressive because its dramatic construction combines irony, tenderness and the tragedy of the situation which is about to follow. Ion is unable to understand reality the same way as, years before, he was unable to understand the desperate gesture of his son who wanted to leave the country. And even if his wife suddenly starts talking, between the two of them lingers the same silence and, perhaps, a greater pain for Ion who, for an instant, felt appreciated and fulfilled as a human being.”
Ion is seventy-five years old. His relationship with his wife Nina is compromised by her silence and indifference and his son Cornel still bears him a grudge because many years ago he had denounced Cornel to the police to keep him from fleeing Communist Romania. One day, Ion receives a medal of honor from the Ministry of Defense for his heroic deeds during WWII. This seems to give his life some meaning once again and convinces him that he can win back the esteem of his family.
Biography
film director
Calin Peter Netzer
Calin Peter Netzer (Petrosani, Romania, 1975) emigrated to Germany in 1983 with his parents and settled in Stuttgart, where he graduated. He returned to Romania and in 1994 enrolled in film and theater classes at the University of Bucharest. Over the following years he shot a series of shorts, including Maria, which won the 1997 Jury Prize at the Prix Europa in Berlin and at the Bucharest Film Festival, as well as the Kodak prize for photography at the Munich Film Festival. The next year, The Snow of the Lambs screened at many international festivals, including at Clermont Ferrand and Mar de Plata and received the Jury Prize at the Dresden Film Festival. In 2003 he wrote and directed the feature film Maria, which won the Grand Jury Prize at the Locarno Film Festival and the Silver Leopard for the two lead actors.
FILMOGRAFIA
filmografia essenziale/essential filmography
Maria (cm, 1997), Zapada mieilor (The Snow of the Lambs, cm, 1998), Maria (2003), Medalia de onoare (2008).
Cast
& Credits
regia/director
Calin Peter Netzer
soggetto, sceneggiatura/story, screenplay
Tudor Voican
fotografia/cinematography
Liviu Marghidan
montaggio/film editing
Catalin F. Cristutiu
scenografia/production design
Mihnea Mihailescu
costumi/costume design
Alexandra Ungureanu
suono/sound
Cristian Tarnovetchi, Alexander Weuffen
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Victor Rebengiuc (Ion), Camelia Zorlescu (Nina), Mircea Andreescu, Ion Lucian, Radu Beligan, Costica Draganescu
produttore/producer
Liviu Marghidan
produzione/production
Scharf Advertising, Pandora Film
coproduttore/coproducer
Karl Baumgartner
vendita all’estero/world sales
HiFilm, Pandora film
Calin Peter Netzer
soggetto, sceneggiatura/story, screenplay
Tudor Voican
fotografia/cinematography
Liviu Marghidan
montaggio/film editing
Catalin F. Cristutiu
scenografia/production design
Mihnea Mihailescu
costumi/costume design
Alexandra Ungureanu
suono/sound
Cristian Tarnovetchi, Alexander Weuffen
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Victor Rebengiuc (Ion), Camelia Zorlescu (Nina), Mircea Andreescu, Ion Lucian, Radu Beligan, Costica Draganescu
produttore/producer
Liviu Marghidan
produzione/production
Scharf Advertising, Pandora Film
coproduttore/coproducer
Karl Baumgartner
vendita all’estero/world sales
HiFilm, Pandora film
TFF
prizes
