Subjects:

“…Historical film about some of the most controversial topics in the recent history of Romania: the regime of Ion Antonescu and the coup d'etat of August 23rd 1944. …”

“…The 1940s in communist Romania through the history of a brothel, the Stone Cross. Before the communists came to power, the brothels in Bucharest were illegal but survived on the margins. …”

“…Verzio FF Submission The film is a deeply personal exploration into the life of a Romanian family's history. Rounded up with relatives for mass execution in 1941, the director's father was shot, yet miraculously survived with a bullet lodged near his heart. …”

“…Some footage covers the pre-history of the conflict with images from the Revolution of 1989 in Targu-Mures/Marosvásárhely and some events in February 1990 in the same city, all related to the emerging ethnic conflict.…”

“…It describes, from the point of view of official Romanian communist history, the ethnic and political conflict between Romanians and Hungarians during the struggle for Transylvania. …”

“…The three anti-heroes – pensioner Piscoci, drunken and heavily indebted history teacher Mãnescu and Jderescu, who runs the local television studio – try to find out what it is that makes a revolution.…”

“…And that is exactly what is happening with the recently rebuilt bridge across the river Tisza, which is supposed to bring together relatives, friends and former neighbours who got divided throughout history by various political divisions. The old bridge between Sighet, a Rumanian town, and Slatina, a Ukrainian town, was destroyed by the German troops during World War II. …”