In the last decade, perhaps a little longer, Romanian cinema has made a name for itself on the international scene.
Radu Jude, with "Aferim!", he follows in the footsteps of other Romanian filmmakers who have established themselves as true masters on the festival circuit by winning the award for best director at the Berlinale 2015.
Ex aequo with Polish director Malgorzata Szumowska for "Body", Radu Jude wins the award for best director for "Aferim!«, A film that tells the story of Costandin, a local gendarme who is hired by a boyar named Iordache to find the whereabouts of Carfin, a gypsy slave who escaped from his property after having an affair with his wife, Sultana. Costandin begins to pursue the fugitive, thus beginning a journey full of adventures.
In black and white and with a masterful direction, the Romanian director brings us a peculiar western shot in Romanian lands and that some equate it to last year's Oscar winner «Twelve Years a Slave»For his argument and for his approach to a very important historical moment, in this case in Romania.
Radu Jude joins the already long list of Romanian filmmakers recognized by international critics and the most important festivals such as Corneliu Porumboiu, Radu Muntean, Calin peter netzer, Cristian Mungiu o Christi Puiu.