Stuff and Dough

Marfa şi banii

Ovidiu, a young man from Constanta who runs his own business selling snacks and soft drinks out of his parents’ apartment, wants to expand and buy a kiosk, but he doesn’t have the “dough.” A local mafioso offers him an impressive amount of money for an apparently simple job: he has to take a bag to Bucharest to a specific address. It seems, however, that the bag contains some “stuff” that concerns other people too. Convinced at first that he has sold only his services, Ovidiu will understand – eventually and when it is far too late – that he has in fact sold his soul...

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Direction: Cristi Puiu

Script: Răzvan Rădulescu, Cristi Puiu

Cinematography: Silviu Stavilă

Editing: Ines Barbu , Nita Chivulescu

Sound: Andrei Pap, Calin Potcoava

Music: Andrej Acin

Actors: Alexandru Papadopol, Dragoș Bucur, Ioana Flora, Luminița Gheorghiu, Răzvan Vasilescu, Doru Ana, Constantin Drăgănescu

Production: Rofilm

Costumes: Adriana Iurascu

Sets: Andreea Hasnas

Format: DCP

Color: Color

Production Country: Romania

Production Year: 2001

Duration: 94΄

Contact: Mandragora Film, raluca@mandragora.ro

Awards/Distinctions: Best Actor – Thessaloniki IFF 2001 FIPRESCI Prize – Thessaloniki IFF 2001 Special Prize – Cottbus IFF 2001 Findling Award – Cottbus IFF 2001 Special Mention – Trieste IFF 2002 Abasto Award – Buenos Aires IF of Independent Cinema 2002 Procirep Award – Angers European First FF 2002

Cristi Puiu

Cristi Puiu is a Romanian director, screenwriter, and producer born in Bucarest in 1967. After studying Arts in Geneva, he moved to directing and completed his first film in 2001, Stuff and Dough, which premiered at Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight. Puiu's sophomore film, The Death of Mr. Lazarescu, was awarded the Grand Prix at Cannes' Un Certain Regard competition in 2005, a section in which his following film, Aurora competed as well. In 2016, Sieranevada entered the Cannes Official Competition. In 2020, Malmkrog was selected for the Encounters competition at the Berlinale and received the Best Director Award.