Stars: Toma Cuzin, Adrian Purcarescu, Corneliu Cozmei
Storyline
Costi leads a peaceful life. At night he likes to read his 6-year-old son stories, to help him sleep. Their favourite is Robin Hood. Costi sees himself as the hero - righter of wrongs and defender of the oppressed. One evening, his neighbour pays him an unexpected visit and shares a secret: there's treasure buried in his grandparents' garden, he's sure of it. If Costi will hire a metal detector to help locate it, he'll give him half of whatever they get. Skeptical at first, in the end Costi can't resist. He's on board. The two accomplices have one weekend to locate the loot. Despite every obstacle in their path, Costi refuses to be discouraged. For his wife and son, he's a real hero - nothing and no one are going to stop him.
Cast: Toma Cuzin -
Costi
Adrian Purcarescu -
Adrian
Corneliu Cozmei -
Cornel
Radu Banzaru -
Vanzator
Dan Chiriac -
Lica
Iulia Ciochina -
Vanzatoare
Marius Coanda -
Politist 2
Florin Kevorkian -
Sef Costi
Laurentiu Lazar -
Petrescu
Ciprian Mistreanu -
Politist 1
Ana Maria Stegaru -
Copil Adrian
Cristina Cuzina Toma -
Raluca
Nicodim Toma -
Alin
Clemence Valleteau -
Emma Dumont
Country: Romania, France
Language: Romanian
Release Date: 3 Jan 2015
Filming Locations: Bucharest, Romania
Box Office Details
Budget: €900,000
(estimated)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
User Review
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Rating: 10/10
this movie is full of surprises, existing as it does in the shadow of
conventional Hollywood story telling. it's premised on the deal made
between two neighbours to investigate a rumoured buried treasure, and
as the film progresses there are many opportunities for others to get
involved and claim a slice, if not all, of the loot for themselves. if
in fact there is any treasure. we've seen enough heist movies and
buried treasure movies to know what money does to people, how they
treat one another; double crossings, murder, corrupt cops etc. all of
the tropes you can expect from this kind of narrative exist here as
possibilities, and as such determine the expectations of a viewer. but
the film operates in a kind of flat negative space produced by these
expectations, and delivers a series of perverse thrills by its
avoidance of conventional narrative arcs and possibilities. it's a
refreshing, low-key undermining of Hollywood screen writing hegemony. .
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