Being Romanian. A Family Journal

Screening on December 7th at Dakota Filmhuis in The Hague, Netherlands.

Times: 13:30 and 15:30

Directed by Șerban Georgescu

95 min / English Subs / All Audiences / Documentary

Produced by Kolectiv

Distributed by Kolectiv & Kokai

Summary

Being Romanian: A Family Journal is based on the premise that Romania's start as a nation 100 years ago is not just a given hot point in time, but rather the beginning of a road that, historically speaking, is only just starting.

Being Romanian: A Family Journal is, in fact, the story of millions of Romanians who, through various circumstances, have ended up living between these borders and having to stand each other: just the way things happen in every large family. This is a journey through space and time, where family bridges the gap between every moment that has united us or torn us apart during the last 100 years since the Great Union that marked the birth of modern Romania.

By defining a few "elements" such as: language, nationality, religion, food, sports, politics, war, agriculture, construction sites, traditions, music or fashion, this film carefully portrays the ways in which they have all influenced and modeled our family.

The director is searching for answers along with important Romanian political scientists, historians, anthropologists or writers, and supported by the personal archives of dozens of Romanians.

Through stories told by great-grandparents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins and brothers-in-law, Being Romanian: A Family Journal transitions from small-scale, individual moments to moments of historical magnitude which we have all taken part in, since the Great Union that marked the birth of modern Romania, thus becoming a minor witness to the major events that have marked us all during these past 100 years.

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Screening on December 7th at Dakota Filmhuis in The Hague, Netherlands.

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