Dana returns from a business trip but decides not to go home and pays off the taxi driver so as to keep her company during the night. At the same time, Arthur furtively plans a date and ends up engaging in sexual intercourse with a man. The next morning, they meet in their marital bed and spend the day together, perhaps for the last time. Α low-key relationship drama that unfolds in three acts, capturing the palpable loneliness and alienation of modern times.
Monsters.
Monștri.
60th TIFF: Greek Premiere
Screening Schedule
No physical screenings scheduled. |
- Direction: Marius Olteanu
- Script: Marius Olteanu
- Cinematography: Luchian Ciobanu
- Editing: Ion Ioachim Stroe
- Sound: Mihnea Bogos
- Actors: Judith State, Cristian Popa, Alexandru Potocean, Șerban Pavlu, Dorina Lazăr
- Production: Parada Film
- Producers: Claudiu Mitcu, Robert Fița, Ioachim Stroe
- Co-production: We Are Basca
- Co-producers: Marius Olteanu
- Costumes: Alexandra Alma, Ungureanu Stroe
- Sets: Alexandra Alma, Ungureanu Stroe
- Make Up: Elena Tudor
- Format: DCP
- Color: Color
- Production Country: Romania
- Production Year: 2019
- Duration: 116΄
- Contact: Alpha Violet, info@alphaviolet.com
- Awards/Distinctions: Reader Jury of the Tagesspiegel – Berlin IFF 2019, Best Film (Grand Prix) – Sofia IFF 2019, Best Feature Film (Romanian Days Award) – Transilvania IFF 2019, Best Screenplay – Montenegro Film Festival 2019
Marius Olteanu
Marius Olteanu was born in Bucharest, Romania, in 1979. He studied Film Directing and, besides his work as a screenwriter and director, he is also a photographer. His short film Tie served as a basis for his debut feature-length film Monsters., which was included in the 2019 Berlinale Forum selection.
Filmography
2007 Sunday Afternoon (short)
2008 Why Don’t You Dance? (short)
2015 Scor Alb | Tie (short)
2017 No Man’s Land (short)
2019 Monstri. | Monsters.
