The Phantom Father

The Phantom Father

2012 · 90 min · ★ 6.5 · Drama, Romance

American professor Robert Traum embarks on an adventurous and amusing journey through Bucovina to find Sami the projectionist, the only person alive that can tell him anything about his Romanian Jewish descent. His symbolic journey is filled with danger, the unknown and the surreal, but finally rewarded with a double love: on the one hand he finds romantic love, on the other the passion for old cinema, nomad, popular, naive and generous.

Directed by Lucian Georgescu · Written by Barry Gifford

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Marcel Iureș Robert Traum
Barry Gifford Jack
Mihaela Sîrbu Tania
Valer Delakeza Sami
Mihai Constantin Mayor Codrescu
Mimi Brănescu Alex
Victor Rebengiuc Uncle Petre
Mariana Mihuț Aunt Florica
Iosif Pastina small Robert
Nicodim Ungureanu Hotel Receptionist
Vitalie Bantas Vitali
Marcel Cobzariu Vladimir

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