15-07-2013

PRODUCTION: Cristi Puiu Preps Sierra-Nevada

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    Cristi Puiu Cristi Puiu

    BUCHAREST: Acclaimed Romanian New Wave writer/director Cristi Puiu, has announced a shoot date of November 1for Sierra-Nevada, a feature about a family reunion.

    The film concerns "a commemoration that never gets to take place," as Puiu describes it, and its characters escape into fiction when overwhelmed by a grief they cannot understand. Inspired by Aurel Rau’s poem The Agathirsoi, the film is produced by Anca Puiu through the company she founded with husband Cristi, Mandragora. Sierra-Nevada is co-producted with Marianne Slot and France's Slot Machine and Sabina Branković and 2006 from Bosnia-Herzegovina.

    Budgeted at 700,000-1 million EUR, the film has 170,000 EUR in place, according to Anca Puiu, with funding hoped for from to Eurimages. The shoot calls for 7-10 days of exteriors and up to 20 days of interiors and casting is expected in October. Postproduction abroad is expected with a premiere set for 2014.

     

    Production information

    Mandragora
    4 Ghe. Bratianu street
    Bucharest 1, Romania
    Zip Code: 011413

    Mobile: +40 722 364 132
    Tel: +40 21 222 05 58
    Fax: +40 21 222 05 57
    www.mandragora.ro
    Anca Puiu: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

    Slot Machine
    10 rue Sainte Anastase
    75003 Paris, France
    Phone : +33.1. 49. 96. 62. 62
    Fax : +33. 1. 49. 96. 62. 63
    www.slotmachine.fr
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    Credits
    Script: Cristi Puiu
    Director: Cristi Puiu