Beyond the Sands
Dincolo de nisipuri
Romania
1973
104 Min
Color
Romanian
Synopsis
“Like his father’s life before him, his life had no meaning.” In a harbor city on the Danube river, the social and emotional dramas have an outcome that cannot be avoided even when the protagonists try to escape reality “beyond the sands”.
The film was banned by Ceaușescu and, after 1990, it was shown in a director’s cut version (from 104 minutes to 95).
Director
Radu Gabrea
Radu Bartholomeu Gabrea (born 20th June 1937, București) is a Romanian director and screenwriter.
Radu Gabrea has a Ph.D. in Social Communications from the Catholic University in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. His diploma paper “Werner Herzog and the German medieval mysticism” was published by the “L’Age d’homme” publishing house in Lausanne. “The book is, no doubt, one of the most beautiful books of cinema ever written” (Henri Agel – Positif).
A theatre director, Radu Gabrea has directed “Maria Callas – La Divina” after “Master Class” by Terrence McNally, that was appreciated by the audiences in New York, Washington, Tampere (International Theatre Festival), Helsinki, Canberra (International Cultural Festival), Sydney.
1972-1974 Associate professor at the UNTC.
1997-1999 President of the National Office for Cinematography (one of the initiators of E.O. 67/1997, that even today is the basis for the legislation concerning the national cinematography). —sfjff.org… read more
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