The Dead Nation (2017)
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Country:
Romania
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Duration:
83 min
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Genre:
history, war
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Director:
Radu Jude
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Producer:
Ada Solomon
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Cast:
Radu Jude
About film
The Dead Nation is a documentary essay, composed of a collection of photographs made in a small town in Romania in the 1930s and 1940s. The voiceover consists of readings from a journal that belonged to a Jewish doctor. The overall story tells about antisemitism coming into being and about the Romanian Holocaust – themes that are not much talked about in the Romanian society even these days.
Rewards and nominations
- Locarno FIlm Festival 2017 (Switzerland) — Official Selection
- International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam 2017 (Netherlands) — Official Selection
- Trieste Film Festival 2018 (Italy) — Best Film
Director
was born in 1977, Romanian director, screenwriter, and producer. He has filmed over a hundred commercials. He made his feature debut with the film The Happiest Girl in the World. His short film It can pass through the wall received the Illy Prize - Special Mention at the Cannes Film Festival in 2014. Jude's film Aferim! won the Silver Berlin Bear for Best Director at Berlinale 2015. I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians won the Crystal Globe at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2018. The Dead Nation is dedicated to the extermination of Romanian Jews during World War II.
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Director
was born in 1977, Romanian director, screenwriter, and producer. He has filmed over a hundred commercials. He made his feature debut with the film The Happiest Girl in the World. His short film It can pass through the wall received the Illy Prize - Special Mention at the Cannes Film Festival in 2014. Jude's film Aferim! won the Silver Berlin Bear for Best Director at Berlinale 2015. I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians won the Crystal Globe at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2018. The Dead Nation is dedicated to the extermination of Romanian Jews during World War II.
