31-05-2013

FNE at TIFF 2013: A Farewell to Fools

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    CLUJ-NAPOCA: Bogdan Dreyer’s movie starring Gérard Depardieu and Harvey Keitel opened in 21 Romanian towns 15 March 2013, distributed by Family Film. The movie will be screened in the Romanian Days section (6-8 June) at the 12th Transylvania International Film Festival.

    Condamnat la viaţă/A Farewell to Fools aka Ipu – Convicted to Life is an adaptation of the novel The Death of Ipu/Moartea lui Ipu by Titus Popovici set in a Romanian village during the WWII German occupation. When a German soldier is killed, the village officials try to convince the village fool to turn himself in to save their own skins.

    Gérard Depardieu plays Ipu, Harvey Keitel is Johannis, the priest of the village, and Laura Morante is Margherita. The cast also includes the Romanian actors Bogdan Iancu, Alexandru Bindea, Daniela Nane, Nicodim Ungureanu, Gheorghe Visu, and Adina Cartianu.

    A Farewell to Fools is produced by Giuliano Doman through Family Film in coproduction with the German company Daniel Zuta Filmproduktion and the Belgian company Minds Meet BVBA. It is supported by the National Centre for Cinema, Media-Tique, TVR1, United Media Services, Mediaedgia Romania, Mindshare Media, The Media Partnership, Starcom Mediavest Group, BV McCann Erickson, and Eurimages. Shoreline Entertainment is handling the sales.

    Shot entirely in Romania in 2011, A Farewell to Fools was an expensive production for Romania at 3 m EUR. “The budget was a lot under what is expected for such a production, but with passion and understanding I hope we made an extraordinary film,” Doman said.

    Trailer on youtube

    Production information

    Family Film

    Sema Parc, 319 Splaiul Independentei

    6th district, 060044

    Bucharest, Romania

    Phone : +4021.310.47.37

    +4031.228.95.34

    Fax : +4021.317.22.02

    www.familyfilm.ro 

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    Daniel Zuta Filmproduktion

    Kleine Nelkenstrasse 17

    D - 60488 Frankfurt am Main

    Phone: +49 69/ 25 37 35

    Fax: +49 69/ 23 90 58

    www.zutafilm.de 

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    Minds Meet BVBA 

    Kerkeveldstraat 103

    1020 Brussel, Belgique

    Phone: +32476460015

    www.mindsmeet.be 

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    Credits

    Director: Bogdan Dumitrescu Dreyer

    Script: Anuşavan Salamanian

    DOP: Richard van Oosterhaut

    Editor: Philippe Ravoet

    Art director: Anette Reuther

    Costume designer: Nathalie Leborgne

    Music: Joris van den Hauwe

    Sound engineer: Eick Hoemann

    Cast: Gérard Depardieu

    Harvey Keitel

    Laura Morante

    Hubert Damen

    Bogdan Iancu

    Alexandru Bindea

    Gabriel Spahiu

    Adina Cartianu

    Mihai Constantin

    Gheorghe Visu