Cinema, Mon Amour

A quiet, bittersweet portrait of stubborn devotion, watching a crumbling cinema and its caretakers fight a losing battle with warmth and melancholy.

Directed by

Alexandru Belc

Genres

Documentary

Starring

Cornelia Chelmu, Lorena Cosau, Gheorghe Purice

Overview

Follows the story of Viktor Purice - manager, former projectionist and lifetime cinephile and his two loyal employees, Cornelia & Lorena, in their everyday battle to preserve Dacia Panoramic Cinema in Piatra Neamt - one of the last remaining cinemas in Romania today. Having lived through "the golden age" of cinema, Viktor dreams of bringing back the good old glory days, yet struggles to keep up with the new harsh reality. In a theater that lacks heating and is slowly falling apart, with no support from the State who owns the place, it’s almost a Don Quixote fight.

How it feels

Melancholic, warm, earnest and bleak. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Work, art, isolation, aging

Content

Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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