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Nae Caranfil

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Nae Caranfil

Born September 7, 1960 · Bucharest, Romania (age 65)

Nae Caranfil (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈna.e karanˈfil]; also Nicolae Caranfil) (born 7 September 1960) is a Romanian film director and screenwriter. Born in Bucharest, Nae Caranfil is the son of Romanian film historian and critic Tudor Caranfil. He graduated in 1984 from the Caragiale Academy of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography (UNATC) in Bucharest, where he has also taught as a professor. In …

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Closer to the MoonCloser to the Moon · 2014
Closer to the Moon
★ 6.52014
MovieComedyDrama
A Romanian police officer teams up with a small crew of bank robbers to pull off a heist by convincing everyone at the scene of the crime that they are only filming a movie.
PhilanthropyPhilanthropy · 2002
Philanthropy
★ 7.72002
MovieComedyDrama
In 21st century Bucharest, to go out in the city on Saturday evening on the arm of a beautiful woman is a risky financial investment. Ovidiu, an unassuming high school teacher, never could afford it. Looking for a source of income more substantial than a teacher's salary, Ovidiu plunges into a fabulous world – the beggar mob.
Sweet IdlenessSweet Idleness · 1999
Sweet Idleness
★ 8.21999
MovieComedyDrama
This movie depicts the two years that young Stendhal spent in Italy. Stendhal, that time still known simply as Henri Beyle, is living the life of a wanderer, looking for a direction in his life, meeting famous Rossini and falling in love with young widow Giuseppina. A story of love, betrayal and an analysis of women and men's minds and souls.
Asphalt TangoAsphalt Tango · 1996
Asphalt Tango
★ 7.21996
MovieComedyDrama
A desperate husband chases a bus full of beautiful women headed for Paris, France.
Sundays on LeaveSundays on Leave · 1993
Sundays on Leave
★ 7.11993
MovieComedyDrama
It is late in the Ceausescu era in Romania, and Cristina is having a difficult time with her boyfriend. He wants her to have sex with him before he goes off to do his obligatory stint in the army. She wants him to marry her first. She also gets involved with a slightly rebellious actor, a would-be ladies' man. He has some vague plans to defect - could those be the reason he is receiving mysterious phone calls? Or are they the work of his anonymous admirer?
6.9 on the Richter Scale6.9 on the Richter Scale · 2016
6.9 on the Richter Scale
★ 6.92016
MovieComedyMusic
A humble Romanian actor in his 40's, hardly surviving between a complicated part in a musical, a depressed wife, and the obsession of an imminent, devastating earthquake, becomes the victim of his manipulative father.
The Rest Is SilenceThe Rest Is Silence · 2008
The Rest Is Silence
★ 6.72008
MovieComedyDrama
In 1911-12, the Romanian movie director Grigore Brezianu and the financial tycoon Leon Popescu made together the 2 hours long movie "Romania's Independence" - an as faithful as possible screen adaptation of the real Independence War that had been fought in 1877. Now, "Restul e tacere" tells us, in a loose and half-fictionalized way, the story of this movie making.
Venice Is Beautiful In SeptemberVenice Is Beautiful In September · 1983
Venice Is Beautiful In September
1983
MovieComedyDrama
A man and a woman, eager for happiness and romance, encounter the desired reality, but fail to recognize it, preferring to take refuge in a space on the border between the concrete world and dreaming.

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