Soldiers: Story from Ferentari/Soldatii: Poveste din Ferentari

2017

DIRECTED BY

Ivana Mladenovic

Adi (40), a shy and introverted anthropologist, who got recently dumped by his girlfriend, moves to Ferentari, the poorest and most notorious neighborhood of Bucharest. He wants to write a study on manele music, the ‘pop music’ of the Roma community. Manele music serves as a way out of poverty for some successful musicians, but more often it’s just another opportunity for the mafia pimps to make money off their acts and keep them in slave-like dependency. While researching this subject, Adi meets Alberto, a Roma ex-convict and a bear of a man, who promises Adi to help him. Soon enough, the unlikely pair begins a playful romance in which Adi feeds Alberto with improbable plans of escaping poverty, while Alberto feeds Adi with phrases of love. Little by little, their casual affair grows into love. And the funny and sweet teasing turns into something precarious, since Alberto is both dangerous and fragile and belongs to a world whose codes Adi doesn’t understand.

Re-recording mixer / Sound designer: Dumitru Alexandru

Jaful

Jaful

Legacy/Urma

Legacy/Urma

The Walk/Plimbare

The Walk/Plimbare

The Yellow Smiley Face/Fata galbena care rade

The Yellow Smiley Face/Fata galbena care rade

Heads and Tails/Cap si Pajura

Heads and Tails/Cap si Pajura

Another Christmas/Un alt Craciun

Another Christmas/Un alt Craciun

Pastila fericirii

Pastila fericirii

Corijent

Corijent

Horse Power

Horse Power

Maria Inima Romaniei

Maria Inima Romaniei

Dopul Scuza Mijloacele

Dopul Scuza Mijloacele

Déjà Vu

Déjà Vu

12 Minutes

12 Minutes

Anul dragonului

Anul dragonului

Chefu’/House Party

Chefu’/House Party

#dogpoopgirl

#dogpoopgirl

Lebensdorf

Lebensdorf

Tibi

Tibi

La bani, la cap, la oase

La bani, la cap, la oase

The Soviet Garden

The Soviet Garden

The Secret of Happiness/Secretul Fericirii

The Secret of Happiness/Secretul Fericirii

Doing Money

Doing Money

Armânii

Armânii

Back Home/Acasa la tata

Back Home/Acasa la tata

Marona’s Fantastic Tale

Marona’s Fantastic Tale

Bomberman

Bomberman

Trading Germans/Pasaport de Germania

Trading Germans/Pasaport de Germania

Box

Box

Three Way Week

Three Way Week

Between Two Dawns

Between Two Dawns

Luna verde

Luna verde

Blana

Blana

The Rest is Silence/Restul e tacere

The Rest is Silence/Restul e tacere

Bucharest Non Stop

Bucharest Non Stop

Breaking News

Breaking News

Tales from the Golden Age/Amintiri in Epoca de Aur

Tales from the Golden Age/Amintiri in Epoca de Aur

Saf

Saf

Loverboy

Loverboy

The King’s War

The King’s War

Teodora the Sinner/Pacatoasa Teodora

Teodora the Sinner/Pacatoasa Teodora

Of Snails and Men/Despre Oameni si Melci

Of Snails and Men/Despre Oameni si Melci

Quod Erat Demonstrandum

Quod Erat Demonstrandum

Cine a ucis Craciunul?/Frozen Ignat

Cine a ucis Craciunul?/Frozen Ignat

The Sentries of the Delta/Strajerii Deltei

The Sentries of the Delta/Strajerii Deltei

The Best Customer/Cel mai Bun Client

The Best Customer/Cel mai Bun Client

The Unsaved/La limita de jos a cerului

The Unsaved/La limita de jos a cerului

Another Christmas/Un alt Craciun

Another Christmas/Un alt Craciun

Rusty Steel

Rusty Steel

Agon

Agon

The Man Who Surprised Everyone

The Man Who Surprised Everyone

Excursie

Excursie

Man and Dog

Man and Dog

Vaca finlandezã/The Finnish Cow

Vaca finlandezã/The Finnish Cow

Contra timp

Contra timp

The Birdman/Omul pasare

The Birdman/Omul pasare

Last Transhumance/Ultima transhumanta

Last Transhumance/Ultima transhumanta

Danut pleaca pe vapor

Danut pleaca pe vapor

The Childhood of Icarus

The Childhood of Icarus

Daydream/Practica

Daydream/Practica

Vera

Vera

I’m Not Famous But I’m Aromanian

I’m Not Famous But I’m Aromanian

By the Rails

By the Rails

The Cement Mixer/Betoniera

The Cement Mixer/Betoniera

Timebox

Timebox

Valley of the Blind/Valea Orbilor

Valley of the Blind/Valea Orbilor

Ramona

Ramona

Hawaii

Hawaii

Cuscrii

Cuscrii

Kowalski

Kowalski

Ivana the Terrible/Ivana cea Groaznica

Ivana the Terrible/Ivana cea Groaznica

10 Hours

10 Hours

Umbre/Shadows

Umbre/Shadows

Red Gloves/Manusi Rosii

Red Gloves/Manusi Rosii

Killing Time

Killing Time

Gone Wild

Gone Wild

Roxanne

Roxanne

Minte-mã frumos în Centrul Vechi

Minte-mã frumos în Centrul Vechi

Marocco

Marocco

6.9 on the Richter Scale

6.9 on the Richter Scale

Metrobranding

Metrobranding

Kazimir

Kazimir

Perfect Health/Perfect Sanatos

Perfect Health/Perfect Sanatos

Dacii Liberi

Dacii Liberi

Tibi

Tibi

Marita

Marita

Berliner

Berliner

Perseids

Perseids

Between Pain and Amen

Between Pain and Amen

Superman, Spiderman or Batman

Superman, Spiderman or Batman

The Wanderers: The Quest of the Demon Hunter

The Wanderers: The Quest of the Demon Hunter

Colivia

Colivia

YouTube Bazaar

YouTube Bazaar

Outbound/Periferic

Outbound/Periferic

Nightfall in India

Nightfall in India

Buna! Ce faci?/Hello! How are you?

Buna! Ce faci?/Hello! How are you?

Finale

Finale

Gruber’s Journey

Gruber’s Journey

Ursul

Ursul

Eu cand vreau sa fluier, fluier/If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle

Eu cand vreau sa fluier, fluier/If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle

One and a Half Prince

One and a Half Prince

The Chosen One/Cel ales

The Chosen One/Cel ales

Forevers

Forevers

Orizont

Orizont

Closer to the Moon

Closer to the Moon

Why Me?/De ce eu?

Why Me?/De ce eu?

Copacul Dorintelor: Amintiri din Copilarie

Copacul Dorintelor: Amintiri din Copilarie

Tache

Tache

Art

Art

Somewhere in Palilula/Undeva la Palilula

Somewhere in Palilula/Undeva la Palilula

Alt Love Building

Alt Love Building

Contra timp 2

Contra timp 2

Ela, Panda & Madame

Ela, Panda & Madame

Reach Out

Mesaj din website

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