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Aferim!

Name: Aferim!
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 2015-03-06
Duration: 108 min
Rating: 7.3

★ 7,3 /10 (121 Votes)

2015 RO 108 min

Overview

Set in early 19th century Wallachia, Romania, a policeman, Costandin, is hired by a nobleman to find a Gypsy slave who has run away from his estate after having an affair with his wife.

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Release date

06/03/2015

Votes

121

Popularity

0.8

Genres

Drama History

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

108 min

Budget

$1,379,375

Revenue

$105,097

Teodor Corban

Costandin

Mihai Comanoiu

Ioniță

Toma Cuzin

Carfin Pandolean

Alexandru Dabija

Iordache

Luminița Gheorghiu

Craftsman's Wife

Victor Rebengiuc

Craftsman

Alexandru Bindea

Priest on the road

Mihaela Sîrbu

Sultana

Adina Cristescu

Zambila

Șerban Pavlu

Traveller

Gabriel Spahiu

Vasile

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Alberto Dinache

Tintiric

Mihai Bica

Traveller

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Daniel Butnariu

Traveller

Tibor Pálffy

Slugă

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Gheorghe Frunză

Fisherman

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Eduard Cîrlan

Monk

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Paul Fister

Zapciu

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John Ketchum

Foreign Traveller

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Corneliu Jipa

Villager

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Gheorghe Mezei

Monastic Slave

Sergiu Costache

Monastic Slave

Puiu-Mircea Lăscuș

Innkeeper

Dana Bunescu

Innkeeper's Wife

Andreea Bosneag

Innkeeper's Daughter

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Sarra Tsorakidis

Sară

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Claudiu Dumitru

Slave at Fair

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Dragoș Dumitru

Slave at Fair

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Constantin Bărbulescu

Bulibasa

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Dorina Păunescu

Old Woman at Monsatery

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Ioan Brancu

Puppeteer

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Yvonne Irimescu

Woman at Fair

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Valentino Rudolf

Boyar

Dana Voicu

Woman in Field

Ion Arcudeanu

Man in Field

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> Adventurous, funny, thrilling and shocking! The second movie for me from this director after a beautiful child custody dramedy, 'Everybody in Our Family'. This was totally different, a historical theme that takes place 200 years early to the present. This is a black and white flick that perfectly blends with the timeline of the narration. The Romania's submission for the 2016's Oscars. I have not seen all the foreign movie nominees, but having seen the out of the contest films like this and Brasil's 'The Second Mother', they are a lot better than the actually in the race film, 'A War'. …

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When the Boyar (Alexandru Dabija) finds that one of his Gypsy serfs has done a bunk, he employs law keeper "Costandin" (Teodor Corban) to track him down. It seems that the fleeing "Carfin" (Toma Cuzin) had become just a little too friendly with his bosses wife, and so there's a price to be paid! Along the way, we are exposed to some of the vagaries of 19th century Romanian life - a largely peasant existence for most with it's roots steeped in a feudal hierarchy. It's quite an adventure the policeman and his son "Ionita" (Mihai Comanoiu) have as they encounter various communities and their trad…

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