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MEN OF DEEDS
OAMENI DE TREABĂ

• Director: Paul Negoescu
• ROMANIA / 2022 / DCP / Colour / 106’ / Romanian; Turkish, English s.t.

• Screenplay: Radu Romaniuc, Oana Tudor
• Director of Photography: Ana Drăghici
• Editing: Eugen Kelemen
• Music: Marius Leftărache
• Cast: Iulian Postelnicu, Anghel Damian, Vasile Muraru, Crina Semciuc, Daniel Busuioc, Oana Tudor, Vitalie Bichir, Annemarie Chertic
• Producer: Anamaria Antoci, Ana Voicu
• Production Co.: Papillon Film, Tangaj Production, Screening Emotions, Avanpost Production
• World Sales: Patra Spanou Film

2022 Cottbus Outstanding Performance (Iulian Postelnicu)
2022 Namur Special Mention, Best Performance (Iulian Postelnicu)

A dark comedy set in a place where nothing normally happens, but also anything could happen at any moment... A traditional, patriarchal society that dictates young boys to be strong men... And Ilie—a failed man, a mediocre police chief, who wants to build a modest comfortable life for himself, but ends up making the wrong choices. Middle-aged and alienated, Ilie feels the need to be a part of something: to build an orchard, even a home. Although dubious things happen in the village, Ilie only sees what suits him. The moment he gets involved in the village marks the beginning of his collapse. He tries to be the justice seeker who arrests everyone guilty, but the incompetent anti-hero that he is, he is doomed to fail. Debuted at Sarajevo Film Festival and praised by critics as ‘Twin Peaks with a surreal and bewildered style,’ Men of Deeds is an absurd crime story with a light-dark humour that easily captures the audience.

This film was a Meetings on the Bridge participant.