AGER FILM DVD PORTFOLIO
Please find below a list of available movies with a short presentation
and some technical info:
The Cardinal
Soul’s Redemption: A Pocket Guide
Canal of Death
White Gate
George Manu - the Rector from Aiud Prison
Arsenie Boca - A Man of God
Universities and prisons
Exchange
American Fiancees
Brasov (a guide for everything worth visiting)
Bran Castle
Bless You Prison
Romania And Its Traditional Music
The Famous Paparazzo
Architecture And Power
Look Forward In Anger
Somewhere In The East
A Clod Of Clay
Flames Over Treasures
The Forest Woman
Back From Hell
The Painter (Stefan Luchian)
A Man In A Shag Overcoat
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THE CARDINAL
feature film
1953. Sighet. A hero of the Greek-Catholic resistance faces an unusual torturer. Only one way out….Conversion or death.
In 1950 the entire group of Greek-Catholic leaders is arrested and locked up in Sighet prison. Here, behind bars, they meet the people who made the Great Union happen, Iuliu Maniu being one of them.
Together with the great Romanian politicians, these famous religious people from Transilvania are the last “relics” of a society considered long gone. The new leadership enforced by the Soviets does not accept the existence of a Church parallel with the Orthodox one, especially one which has ties with the Vatican.
The torturers’ goal is simple: the prison warden and the Soviet political officer, helped by an unusual torturer, put continuous pressure on the priests, trying to force them to convert. One man rises high amongst them and he gradually becomes a guide for the other priests: Bishop Iuliu Hossu. This is the story of him and his brothers in suffering.
| TITLE |
THE CARDINAL |
| PRODUCER |
Ager-Film |
| YEAR |
2019 |
| DURATION |
aprox. 98 min. |
| MEDIA |
DVD |
| TRAILER |
see MPEG4 (26 MB) |
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SOUL’S REDEMPTION:
A POCKET GUIDE
feature film
Sorin Toma is an angry and stubborn individual. In his years of working as an investigator for CNSAS (The Council of Study for the Archives of Securitate - the former Communist secret police) he has seen lots of evil deeds and scarce results. It seems that the only heritage he could pass onto his young colleague, the legal adviser Radu Olar, is one of hatred, threats and a built-up need of vengeance.
When Radu is almost determined to leave this challenging partnership, the case of a lifetime shows up. New evidence seems to have come up leading to a possible indictment. A prominent religious figure of contemporary Romania - father Iustin Manu - seems to be not only a culprit for collaborating with the Communist police, but also possibly involved in a murderous act.
Without the proper judicial authority, but attempting to force an explanation, the two investigators climb to father Iustin’s hermitage, in a cave at the top of a mountain. At the end of this battle of convictions and human energy, none of the protagonists will be the same as before.
| TITLE |
SOUL’S REDEMPTION: A POCKET GUIDE |
| PRODUCER |
Ager-Film |
| YEAR |
2018 |
| DURATION |
aprox. 90 min. |
| MEDIA |
DVD |
| TRAILER |
see MPEG4 (10 MB) |
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CANAL OF DEATH
docu-drama
The grandiose communist project of the Danube - Black Sea Canal, also called The Blue Avenue, has a dark history.
In its first phase (1949-1953), after a start marked by great revolutionary enthusiasm, it quickly became a terrible Romanian gulag.
A few octogenarians, former political prisoners, bear testimony to how it is possible to survive on a tightrope, when death is present everywhere.
When one's life no longer has much value in the extermination camps at... the Canal of Death.
| TITLE |
Canal of Death |
| PRODUCER |
Ager-Film |
| YEAR |
2017 |
| DURATION |
aprox. 66 min. |
| MEDIA |
DVD |
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WHITE GATE
feature film
Three young students, Adrian, Ninel and Anuca, try to cross the border over the Danube. We are in 1949 when communism was rapidly establishing itself in Romania.
The two boys are caught by border rangers and they end up in the forced labour camp of the Danube-Black Sea Canal. They don’t know anything about Anuca’s fate...
| TITLE |
White Gate |
| PRODUCER |
Ager-Film |
| YEAR |
2014 |
| DURATION |
aprox. 96 min. |
| MEDIA |
DVD |
| TRAILER |
see MPEG4 (10 MB) |
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GEORGE MANU
the Rector from Aiud Prison
documentary
George Manu, a brilliant physicist, was convicted by the communist court in 1948 to hard labor and life in the Aiud prison. Here, he will become a source of knowledge for the other prisoners, whom he helps survive the somber prison life by taking a refuge in the world of knowledge.
He is offered the freedom to work in the Soviet nuclear center in Dubna, in exchange for his giving up on his ideals, but he refuses, the same way as he refuses, on his death bed, to deny his beliefs in exchange for the healing treatment.
He dies in prison and his body is tossed in the mass grave in Ripa Robilor (Slaves Hole), but his image remains alive in the memory of all those who respectfully named him “the professor”. He was a brilliant scientist, and man who dearly loved his country and its people, a formidable spirit…
| TITLE |
George Manu |
| PRODUCER |
Ager-Film |
| YEAR |
2013 |
| DURATION |
aprox. 72 min. |
| MEDIA |
DVD |
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ARSENIE BOCA
a man of God
documentary
"All the diamonds in the world are nothing compared to a moment in God’s light."
Pr Arsenie Boca
This yet-uncanonized saint of Romanian orthodoxy is still revered and loved by the many, much as he himself loved the many during his life, lived in the spirit of humbleness and of God’s saving grace, the life of a man like no other. He was a magnet to believers in all walks of life, but also a target of permanent suspicion by the state authorities.State officials failed to understand the source of his exceptional power of making people listen and follow.
| TITLE |
Arsenie Boca |
| PRODUCER |
Ager-Film |
| YEAR |
2011 |
| DURATION |
aprox. 82 min. |
| MEDIA |
DVD |
| TRAILER |
see MPEG4 (11 MB) |
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UNIVERSITIES AND PRISONS
documentary
Nicolae Margineanu studied psychology at the University of Cluj and had post-graduate studies in Leiptzig, Berlin, Hamburg, Paris and London. He was awarded a Rockefeller scholarship for two years in the great american Universities of Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Chicago and Duke.
He returned to Romania and became a professor at the University of Cluj.
He was arrested in 1948 and spent 16 years in the prisons of: Malmaison, Jilava, Pitesti, aiud and Gherla.
One of Romania's greatest psychologists. a sixteen year political prisoner, with prodigious work despite his tragic destiny.
| TITLE |
Universities & prisons |
| PRODUCER |
Ager-Film |
| YEAR |
2010 |
| DURATION |
aprox. 50 min. |
| MEDIA |
DVD |
| TRAILER |
see MPEG4 (5.6 MB) |
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EXCHANGE
feature-film
With the money from a house and a car he could get by in Australia. It is in Bucharest that it is tougher. When he becomes unemployed in a small town, he sells everything in order to emigrate to Australia. When he gets to Bucharest, a swindler stills all his money. To get it back he is capable of anything. Especially from the moment when he realizes that there is nothing more to be recovered.
| TITLE |
Exchange |
| PRODUCER |
Ager-Film |
| YEAR |
2008 |
| DURATION |
aprox. 90 min. |
| MEDIA |
DVD |
| TRAILER |
see MPEG4 (3.3 MB) |
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AMERICAN FIANCEES
feature-film
They were best friends, and 18 years later they meet again. It could all be a quiet weekend at Snagov: an opportunity to bring back precious memories. Except that one woman’s
husband is the other woman’s former fiancée. Except that the 18 years hide secrets, and secrets hide betrayals, and betrayals hide wounds.
A film about love, friendship and betrayal. About truth and its price
| TITLE |
American Fiancees |
| PRODUCER |
Ager-Film |
| YEAR |
2007 |
| DURATION |
aprox. 80 min. |
| MEDIA |
DVD |
| TRAILER |
see WMF (11.59 MB) |
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BRASOV
documentary
Travelers who stop in Brasov, be it only for a day, cannot help feeling their hearts nostalgically touched by the city’s streets and surroundings. This film is an invitation to a trip, unique in its way, taking you within the walls of one of Transylvania’s oldest and best-preserved medieval settlements.
| TITLE |
Brasov |
| PRODUCER |
Ager-Film |
| YEAR |
2005 |
| DURATION |
aprox. 60 min. |
| MEDIA |
DVD |
| TRAILER |
see WMF (2.1 MB) |
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BRAN CASTLE
documentary
The Castle and stronghold of Bran owes, mainly, its fame to the legendary Count Dracula, whose real existance was associated to the actual Prince Vlad Tepes (i.e., Vlad the Impaler). In spite of of the lack of documentary attestation of his actually dwelling in the Castle, many lovers of legends and of “kicks” go there, maybe for experiencing the thrill of fancied meeting with the terrible hero.
| TITLE |
Bran Castle |
| PRODUCER |
Ager-Film |
| YEAR |
2004 |
| DURATION |
aprox. 65 min. |
| MEDIA |
DVD |
| TRAILER |
see WMF (1.9 MB) |
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BLESS YOU, PRISON
feature-film
A journalist wrongly jailed, passes through the Romanian comunists prisons inferno discovering Jesus.
Starring: Maria Ploae, Dorina Lazar, Victoria Cocias, Mara Rotaru, iulia Lazar, Romanita Ionescu
PRIZES:
Best Artistic Contribution Award and Special Mention of the Ecumenical Jury at The World Film Festival Montreal 2003
Best Actress Award, Romanian Filmakers Union 2003
| TITLE |
Bless You Prison |
| PRODUCER |
Ager-Film |
| YEAR |
2003 |
| DURATION |
aprox. 87 min. |
| MEDIA |
DVD |
| TRAILER |
see WMF (1.5 MB) |
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ROMANIA AND ITS TRADITIONAL MUSIC documentary
A film about the authentic romanian traditional music and old musical instruments creators. The last men standing of this family.
Seven thousands kilometers looking for authentical traditional music and old musical instruments creators.
| TITLE |
Romania and its traditional music |
| PRODUCER |
Ager-Film |
| YEAR |
2002 |
| DURATION |
aprox. 45 + 50 min. |
| MEDIA |
DVD (2 disc) |
| TRAILER 1 |
see WMF (1.4 MB) |
| TRAILER 2 |
see WMF (2.0 MB) |
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THE FAMOUS PAPARAZZO
feature-film
A scandal reporter, has the mission of compromising a deputy, who is suspected to have intimate relations with an underage girl.
Starring: Marcel Iures, Maria Ploae, Gheorghe Dinica, Alexandru Repan, Victoria Cocias, Valeriu Popescu
| TITLE |
The Famous Paparazzo |
| PRODUCER |
Ager-Film |
| YEAR |
1999 |
| DURATION |
aprox. 84 min. |
| MEDIA |
DVD |
| TRAILER |
see WMF (1.0 MB) |
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ARCHITECTURE AND POWER
documentary
Power always betrays its intentions by architecture. A history of Bucharest, seen from the totaliarian arhitecture point of view.
PRIZES:
First Prize at International
Architecture Film festival FIFAL Bucharest 1994
International Housing
and Planing Prize, Senday, Miyagi, Japan 1996
| TITLE |
Architecture & Power |
| PRODUCER |
Ager-Film |
| YEAR |
1993 |
| DURATION |
aprox. 52 min. |
| MEDIA |
DVD |
| TRAILER |
see WMF (1.8 MB) |
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LOOK FORWARD IN ANGER
feature-film
The revolution devours its revolutionists. A familly that took part in the ’89 revolution fails in the transition period...
Starring: Remus Margineanu, Luminita Gheorghiu, Gheorghe Dinica, Cristi Iacob, Mona Ciobanu
| TITLE |
Look Forward in Anger |
| PRODUCER |
ProFilm |
| YEAR |
1993 |
| DURATION |
aprox. 85 min. |
| MEDIA |
DVD |
| TRAILER |
see WMF (1.4 MB) |
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SOMEWHERE IN THE EAST
feature-film
Inspired by the novel “Faces of the Silent” by Augustin Buzura. A family of peasants from the Apuseni Mountains opposed collectivisation with weapons in their hands.
Starring: Remus Margineanu, Valentin Voicila, Maria Ploae, Marius Stanescu, Calin Nemes
| TITLE |
Somewhere in the East |
| PRODUCER |
Solaris |
| YEAR |
1991 |
| DURATION |
aprox. 100 min. |
| MEDIA |
DVD |
| TRAILER |
see WMF (1.7 MB) |
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A CLOD OF CLAY
feature-film
A homage to the great storry-teller Ioan Creanga and to his friendship with Mihai Eminescu and Veronica Micle.
Starring: Dorel Visan, Adrian Pintea, Mioara Ifrim, Maria Ploae
| TITLE |
A Clod of Clay |
| PRODUCER |
Romania Film |
| YEAR |
1990 |
| DURATION |
aprox. 90 min. |
| MEDIA |
DVD |
| TRAILER |
see WMF (1.5 MB) |
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FLAMES OVER TREASURES
feature-film
Inspired by the novel “Archangels” written by Ion Agarbiceanu. A film about the fascination of gold and the mirage of fast enrichment.
Starring: Mircea Albulescu, Claudiu Bleont, Remus Margineanu, Imola Gaspar, Mircea Diaconu
PRIZES:
Prize for Direction at the National Film Festival, Costinesti 1987
| TITLE |
Flames Over Treasures |
| PRODUCER |
Romania Film |
| YEAR |
1988 |
| DURATION |
aprox. 95 min. |
| MEDIA |
DVD & VHS |
| TRAILER |
see WMF (1.5 MB) |
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THE FOREST WOMAN
feature-film
A film inspired by the short story with the same name written by Ioan Slavici. A troubling love story in the cholera time.
Starring: Adrian Pintea, Manuela Harabor, Serban Ionescu, Victor Rebengiuc, Dorel Visan
PRIZES:
Prize for Direction at the National Film Festival, Costinesti 1986
| TITLE |
The Forest Woman |
| PRODUCER |
Romania Film |
| YEAR |
1986 |
| DURATION |
aprox. 105 min. |
| MEDIA |
DVD & VHS |
| TRAILER |
see WMF (1.6 MB) |
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BACK FROM THE HELL
feature-film
Two rivals go together on the battlefield in order to fight against the same enemy, not forgotting for a moment the hatred between them...
Starring: Constantin Branzea, Maria Ploae, Remus Margineanu, Ana Ciontea
| TITLE |
Back From Hell |
| PRODUCER |
Romania Film |
| YEAR |
1983 |
| DURATION |
aprox. 100 min. |
| MEDIA |
DVD & VHS |
| TRAILER |
see WMF (1.7 MB) |
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THE PAINTER
feature-film
The dramatic life of one of the greatest Romanian painters.
Starring: Ion Caramitru, Maria Ploae,
George Constantin, Victor Rebengiuc, Monica Ghiuta
PRIZES:
CIDALC Prize at International Film Festival Karlovy Vary 1982
| TITLE |
Stefan Luchian |
| PRODUCER |
Romania Film |
| YEAR |
1981 |
| DURATION |
aprox. 100 min. |
| MEDIA |
DVD & VHS |
| TRAILER |
see WMF (1.3 MB) |
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A MAN IN A SHAG OVERCOAT
feature-film
Threatening letters, phone calls in the middle of the night ... Who is threatening engineer Stamatiad ?
Starring: Victor Rebengiuc, Ovidiu Iuliu Moldovan, Constantin Diplan, Draga Olteanu Matei, George Constantin
| TITLE |
A Man In a Shag Overcoat |
| PRODUCER |
Romania Film |
| YEAR |
1979 |
| DURATION |
aprox. 85 min. |
| MEDIA |
DVD & VHS |
| TRAILER |
see WMF (1.9 MB) |
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