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Morgen

Romania, France, Hungary

2010

100 Min
Color
2.35:1
Romanian, Hungarian
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DIR Marian Crişan

EXEC Anca Puiu

PROD Marianne Slot, Iván Angelusz

SCR Marian Crişan

DP Tudor Mircea

CAST András Hatházi, Yilmaz Yalcin, Elvira Rîmbu, Dorin C. Zachei, Molnár Levente, Razvan Vicoveanu

ED Tudor Pojoni

SOUND Calin Potcoava

Locarno (International Competition): Special Jury Prize, AFI FEST (New Auteurs), Vancouver, Rotterdam (Bright Future), Göteborg (Rumänien), CPH PIX (Spotlight: Rumænien), BAFICI (International Competition): SIGNIS Award, Transilvania (Romanian Days)

Synopsis

Nelu, a man in his forties, works as a security guard in the local supermarket in Salonta, a small town on the Romanian-Hungarian border. This is the place where many illegal emigrants try to cross, by any means possible, to Hungary and then further to Western Europe. For Nelu, days go by the same. Fishing at dawn, then working, and finally home with his wife. They live alone at an isolated farmhouse on the fields outside Salonta. Their problem these days is repairing the old roof of the farmhouse. One morning, Nelu will “fish” something different out of the river: a Turkish man trying to cross the border. Not able to communicate verbally, the two men will somehow understand each other. Nelu takes the stranger to the farmhouse, gives him some dry clothes, food and shelter. He doesn’t really know how to help this stranger. The Turkish man gives Nelu all the money he has on him so he will help him cross the border. Eventually, Nelu takes the money and promises he will help him cross the border tomorrow, Morgen … –Les Films du Losange

Director

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Marian Crişan

Born in Romania in 1976. Licenced in Film and TV directing at the Academy of Theatre and Film in Bucharest. In 2008, his film debut Megatron wins the Palme d’Or for Best Short Film. Morgen is his first feature film. — Rapporto Confidenziale 

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Michael Harbour

21Feb12

Well made, low key tale which displays the absurdities of rules for the sake of rules through the companionship that develops between a Romanian supermarket security guard and the Turkish border crosser he encounters while fishing.

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Matt Richards

24Jul11

More of that shot-so-past-sunset it's almost inky-black but I can see an outline so I'll let the sound do the rest. A lush looking and largely hand-held 35mm feature debut that follows a man who is befriended by a 'border jumper' from Turkey. The film becomes very much a comment on the absurdity of law within the EU, from our hero's security guard job to the border cops. Engaging with subtle humour. 3.5 stars

Simon So

26Mar11

超級淡然算這種... - 淡然中滲出一種美, 對國家, 對法律的質疑, 為什麼要有國家 ? 為什麼要有法律 ? 真正的革命只能發生在內心 - 對人的關懷.

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