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Chuck Norris vs Communism

2015 · 80 min

A warm, wry documentary that mixes talking heads and reenactments to evoke the thrill of forbidden movies and the quiet courage of sharing them.

Directed by
Ilinca Calugareanu
Genres
Documentary, History
Starring
Irina Margareta Nistor, Teodor Zamfir, Mircea Cojocaru
Tagline
Video killed the Red Star
Overview
In late eighties, in Ceausescu's Romania, a black market VHS bootlegger and a courageous female translator brought the magic of Western films to the Romanian people and sowed the seeds of a revolution.

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Directed by
Ilinca Calugareanu
Genres
Documentary, History
Starring
Irina Margareta Nistor, Teodor Zamfir, Mircea Cojocaru
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • freedom
  • media
  • power
  • rebellion
  • art
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour5
Realism9
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Genres
documentary, history
Directed by
Ilinca Calugareanu
Written by
Ilinca Calugareanu
Starring
Irina Margareta Nistor, Teodor Zamfir, Mircea Cojocaru, Vlad Craioveanu, Mihai Dobrovolschi, Adrian Sitaru, Paul Stefanescu, Alexandru Eremia
Music
Anne Nikitin, Rob Manning
Cinematography
Jose Ruiz
Runtime
80 min
Country
Germany, Romania, United Kingdom, United States of America, Czech Republic
Languages
English, Romanian

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