Turn off the Lights
Verzio9 FF Submission. Duration: 01:17:00 After years behind bars, three young Roma men are released from prison. Bidding an emotional farewell to their fellow inmates, they exit to find a variety of welcomes – Giani Versace, the beloved son of a large Roma family, is greeted by a boisterous welcomi...
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| Institution: | Open Society Archives at Central European University |
| Language: | Romanian |
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Mitulescu, Cătălin ; Mitulescu, Daniel
2012
Romania |
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:bda6df1d-7df8-4e75-b5a4-1c2562c747f9 |
| Summary: | Verzio9 FF Submission.
Duration: 01:17:00
After years behind bars, three young Roma men are released from prison. Bidding an emotional farewell to their fellow inmates, they exit to find a variety of welcomes – Giani Versace, the beloved son of a large Roma family, is greeted by a boisterous welcoming committee, while Chilibar Papan meets an empty street with a hurt and lonely glare. The film's third character, Alexandru Mititelu, is released after serving four years for killing his girlfriend at the age of 14. Alex addresses his past with a disturbingly blasé attitude toward violence, women, and guilt. Offering a rare peek into different sub-cultures of Roma communities, the film shows the three ex-cons trying to reconcile the outside world with the gray-shaded areas of morality with which they all struggle. Depicting the cocoon of their former one-room existence in stark contrast to the realities of their outside community, Turn Off the Lights is a portrait of reintegration in a society where indulgence, violence, and excess are a matter of survival. |
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| Published: | 2012 |