Portrait of the Fighter as a Young Man
2010 · 163 MIN · IMDB 7.8 · 916 VOTES · DIR. Constantin Popescu Jr.
Overview
When the Soviet Army marched into Romania in 1944, a part of the Romanian population went “into the mountains” – a diverse assortment of nationalists and fascists, liberals, apolitical farmers and members of the middle-class, who were affected by the Communists’ expropriations. Over a thousand armed resistance groups took refuge in the inaccessible forests of the Carpathian Mountains where they waited in vain for the support of the Western Allies. One of them was led by Ion Gavrilă-Ogoranu, who managed to remain undetected until 1976 when he was arrested. This film depicts the daily existence of this group. It tells the story of a struggle that became an end in itself, as the enemy was constantly in pursuit and arrest meant torture and often liquidation. Hungry and emotionally withdrawn, the group of young men got entangled in a partisan war that could not be won, lost in the landscape of the South Carpathians, accompanied by a vigilant secret police, the Securitate.
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00:01:10 were killed in mountains, prisons or labour camps.
00:05:36 If this would be my life's end
00:11:44 In the same way the worker
00:15:44 To fight in the mountains.
00:23:25 originated from the East they will start an attack
00:27:46 Smaller.
00:32:13 Where is your brother ?
00:38:35 Children, what have you done ?
00:44:24 Who is looking downward to us and he punishes us ...
00:47:30 Do I not have patience with you ?
00:55:37 Do you think we had a choice ?
01:01:06 Being in debt, due to different services offered to them, then they can be asked to work for us.
01:06:02 - We're not allowed to speak about it. - Well, if it's a secret, it's a secret.
01:11:31 Why ?
01:18:35 What can I do, commander comrade. The villain is coming toward me, I was afraid.
01:26:54 4 km West of Gura-Vaii
01:34:20 And as long as our heads will be on our necks this corner of the country will be free.
01:39:16 Why are you looking at me ? I cannot stand anymore.
01:43:00 What ? Are we going in the village?
01:47:52 Let us live longer.
01:56:00 We found notes hidden by Borza and Budac. I read them at matches' light.
02:04:39 At ease!
02:07:46 They arresting everybody. No one will give us a single slice of bread. Seriously, now.
02:19:09 Look at that guy with the coffee.