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Tales from the Golden Age
ROMANIA · 2009

Tales from the Golden Age

Cristian Mungiu
communist Romania urban myths Ceaușescu regime everyday life under totalitarianism social resilience
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Synopsis

Composed of six unconventional vignettes, each one dealing with the late communist period in Romania, a narrative is told through its urban myths from the perspective of ordinary people. The title refers to the alluded "Golden Age" of the last 15 years of Ceaușescu's regime.

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