Principles of Life is a contemporary 24 hour drama about a father disconnected from his family, especially from his son. Or, as producer Ada Solomon told FNE, "It is a film about the craziness of the day-to-day life that is taking us away from what's really important: our family".
The screenplay is written by Răzvan Rădulescu (The Death of Mr. Lăzărescu) and Alexandru Baciu (Boogie).
{mosimage} The film is produced by Solomon and HiFilm Productions (www.hifilm.ro) and won a €285,000 grant from the National Centre for Cinema (www.cncinema.abt.ro ), €10,000 from the Balkan Film Fund (www.filmfestival.gr ) as the recipient of Balkan Film Fund Thessaloniki Award, and €5,500 from SEE Network (www.gfc.gr/see ). It also had €7,000 Montpellier Development Grant (www.cinemed.tm.fr ). The project participated at Cine Link Sarajevo (www.sff.ba ) and Connecting Cottbus (www.connecting-cottbus.de). The budget is €600,000.
Liviu Marghidan (California Dreamin': Endless) is the DOP.
Shooting started on September 21, will wrap on October 20, and is taking place in Bucharest. Sales agents have already expressed interest in seeing the film. The premiere is planned for the second half of 2010.
Production Information
HiFilm Production
179, Traian st.
024043, Bucharest, Romania
Phone: + 4021 252 48 67
Fax: + 4021 252 48 66
Mobile: + 40723 200 640
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www.hifilm.ro
Credits
Director: Constantin Popescu
Script: Răzvan Rădulescu, Alexandru Baciu
DOP: Liviu Marghidan
Editor: Corina Stavilă
Cast: Vlad Ivanov
Gabriel Huian
Rodica Lazăr
Crina Mureşan
Nicolae Nastasia
Victoria Cociaş
Gabriel Spahiu
Andreea Samson
Adelaida Zamfira
