Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn / Babardeală cu bucluc sau porno balamuc “is not an attempt to make a film 'about' something, but merely 'around' something, and to use the camera and the editing as instruments of analysis and less as devices for creating narratives,” Jude told FNE.
That 'something' mentioned by Jude is an amateur porno clip that a young secondary-school teacher (played by Katia Pascariu) posts on the internet, an event that turns her life upside down and is used by Jude as a tool to depict the Romanian society.
The cast includes Claudia Ieremia, Olimpia Mălai, Nicodim Ungureanu, Alexandru Potocean and Andi Vasluianu.
The film was produced by Ada Solomon, who discovered Jude and produced all his films, through microFILM. The project is a coproduction with Luxembourg's Paul Thiltges Distributions, Czech Republic's endorfilm and Croatia's Kinorama, and it was supported by the Romanian Film Centre (CNC), Cinéworld - Film Fund Luxembourg, the Czech Film Fund and the Croatian Audiovisual Centre (HAVC).
Shot entirely in Bucharest between two lockdowns in August and September 2020, the project had the script and production changed in order to accommodate the pandemic restrictions.
Marius Panduru, a regular collaborator of Jude, including cooperation on Aferim! (2015) and Scarred Hearts / Inimi cicatrizate (2016, both produced by HiFilm productions), is lensing.
Athens-based Heretic Outreach has sold Radu Jude’s satire so far to Magnolia Pictures (North America), Meteore (France), Neue Visionen (Germany, Austria), September Film (Belgium, the Netherlands), Beta Film (Bulgaria), BioParadis (Iceland), Capella (Russia), Cinobo (Greece), Edko (Hong Kong), Films4You (Portugal), Imovision (Brazil), KinoPavasaris (Lithuania), Lev Cinemas (Israel), MCF Megacom (Ex-Yugoslavia), Must Kasi (Estonia, Latvia), New Horizons (Poland) and Fidalgo (Norway).
Micro Multilateral released the film in Romania on 7 May 2021.
Production Information:
Producer:
microFILM (Romania)
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Coproducers:
Paul Thiltges Distributions (Luxembourg)
endorfilm (Czech Republic)
Kinorama (Croatia)
Credits:
Director: Radu Jude
Scriptwriters: Radu Jude
DoP: Marius Panduru, RSC
Editor: Cătălin Cristuțiu
Production design: Cristian Niculescu
Costumes: Cireșica Cuciuc
Make-up: Bianca Boeroiu
Cast: Katia Pascariu, Claudia Ieremia, Olimpia Mălai, Nicodim Ungureanu, Alexandru Potocean, Andi Vasluianu, Tudorel Filimon, Alex Bogdan, Dana Voicu, Kristina Cepraga, Ada Solomon, Ilinca Harnut, Ilinca Manolache, Florin Petrescu
