Sequences
1982 · 98 MIN · IMDB 7.6 · 397 VOTES · DIR. Alexandru Tatos
Overview
Three sequences which could have formed separate stories are linked together to give a larger perspective on the nature of reality and film. The three episodes are joined together by one film crew at work. In the beginning, the crew is introduced as they juggle their dual roles as State-supported propagandists who laud their government and society, and as private movie makers working on their own film. Next, they are in a restaurant looking for suitable locations to film when the eatery’s owner is induced to wax long and lugubriously on his miserable life. In the last segment, two extras are in the background of a scene, sitting at a table in a restaurant. It slowly becomes apparent to one of them that the man he’s sitting with tortured him more than 40 years ago at a Nazi concentration camp during World War II.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,007 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:03 ROMANIAFILM presents
00:03:59 production executive
00:09:20 Hi, Stefan...
00:12:47 That's done!
00:18:38 Good evening,!
00:23:43 It's been a good day...
00:26:52 Just a moment. Is there anything wrong?
00:30:34 Comrade Prosecutor is not happy with something?
00:34:09 When you asked me to come location scouting...
00:38:18 Is everything all right?
00:42:58 I gave her my last penny...
00:47:10 - I'll wait in the car. - OK, good night!
00:50:56 Let's go, that's enough!
00:54:37 - Three: Wide shot. - They're all here.
00:58:19 - Cut! It's no good... it's no good. - Why?
01:01:38 Over there!
01:05:40 Stand on your own feet, don't work for others.
01:08:06 You are my youth... Papasha, Papasha!
01:11:41 Make-up, costume, come over here! Deal with these two...
01:15:08 OK, let's shoot. All lights on! Turn all the lights on.
01:18:30 You know what, Papasha? You gave me an idea.
01:23:30 We only live once!
01:26:48 Father?
01:29:29 I don't believe this! Can't you show any respect!