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Aferim! (2015)

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Set in early 19th century Wallachia, when a local policeman, Costandin, is hired by Iordache, a boyar (local noble), to find Carfin, a Gypsy slave who had run away from the boyar's estate ... See full summary »

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Cast

Credited cast:
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Costandin
Mihai Comanoiu ...
Ionita
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Carfin Pandolean
Alexandru Dabija ...
Iordache Cîndescu
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Smaranda Cîndescu
Victor Rebengiuc ...
Stan Paraschiv
Alberto Dinache
Alexandru Bindea ...
Priest on the road
Mihaela Sirbu
Adina Cristescu
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mihaela Drãgan ...
Carfin's Wife
Puiu Mircea Lascus ...
Hangiul
Daniel Visan ...
Caldasin
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Storyline

Set in early 19th century Wallachia, when a local policeman, Costandin, is hired by Iordache, a boyar (local noble), to find Carfin, a Gypsy slave who had run away from the boyar's estate after having an affair with his wife, Sultana. Costandin sets out to find the fugitive, beginning a journey full of adventures. Gypsy slavery lasted from the 14th century up until the middle of the 19th century, a situation which is very little known and almost nonexistent in the public debate today, although its impact continues to influence Romania's social life.

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22 January 2016 (USA)  »

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Аферим!  »

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€1,250,000 (estimated)
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The story is fictional, but director Radu Jude said in the NY Times (Sept. 8, 2015) that he drew on the historical record. Before shooting began, he held a script reading with 20 historians and made adjustments in response to their input. See more »

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When Carfin gets neutered, there is no blood spilled. See more »

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Costandin: Woman shall be less castigated than men, as they are dimmer of wit and weaker before sin...
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An exceptional, deeply intelligent gaze at a key historical period, with significant ramifications for today.
13 February 2015 | by (Cluj-Napoca,Romania) – See all my reviews

A runaway gypsy slave in early 19th-century Wallachia is hunted down by a constable and his son in Radu Jude's most accomplished and original feature yet, "Aferim!" In his two previous films, Jude's leitmotif was people's inhumanity to one another, full of power games and humiliations. Here he stays true to the theme, using this black-and-white oater to trace the roots of Romanian society's less positive characteristics. While its tone is occasionally overly strident, "Aferim!" is an exceptional, deeply intelligent gaze into a key historical period, done with wit as well as anger.

"Aferim!" is an Ottoman Turkish expression meaning "bravo!," a word used with deep irony in the film but one that can equally be directed, without any irony, at the director. A great deal of the freshness lies in the way Jude dispenses with traditional historical-film trappings even while cleaving to the classic structure of fugitive-hunting Westerns.There's nothing staid or prettified here, and while a significant amount of background research is on show, the helmer uses it to re-create an atmosphere rather than a specific, sacrosanct event.


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