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A Balasaur Score of 80 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.4/10, Rotten Tomatoes 100%. Critics rate it 26 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 82% of the 2,039 2010s documentary movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 20m.
Synopsis
In late eighties, in Ceausescu's Romania, a black market VHS bootlegger and a courageous female translator brought the magic of Western films to the Romanian people and sowed the seeds of a revolution.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 26 points higher than audiences do.
60 audience votes
Key crew
- Ilinca CalugareanuDirector
- Ilinca CalugareanuWriter
- Anne NikitinOriginal Music Composer
- Rob ManningOriginal Music Composer
Cast
Stills
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Themes
cinema on cinemapop cultureanti-communismbootleggingvhsdocudramahome videobucharest, romaniatranslatorcommunismwoman directorvideo piracy