"Collection of short comic tales, all inspired by local legends regarding the quirky side of life under Communism."
"The final fifteen years of the Ceausescu regime were the worst in Romania's history. Nonetheless, the propaganda machine of that time relentlessly referred to that period as the country's "golden age." Using the moniker as a starting point, Tales from the golden age spins the most popular, comic, and bizarre urban legends from that harrowing period into a hilariously surreal omnibus film. The movie re-captures the mood of a nation trying to survive under the twisted logic of a brutal dictatorship. It was an era when food was more important than money, freedom more important than love and survival more important than principles. Director Cristian Mongiu wrote the scripts and commissioned other Romanian filmmakers to collaborate with him on the project."
"Collection of short comic tales, this is a funny poignant and surreal portrait of 1980's Romania, capturing the mood of an era where undertones of fear, corruption and imprisonment were never far away and where the humour of ordinary citizens played a vital role in facing up to the logic of the dictatorship."
"Fiction. Comédie satirique. "Les 15 dernières années du régime de Ceausescu ont été les pires de l'histoire de la Roumanie. Et pourtant, la propagande officielle de cette époque l'avait nommée "l'âge d'or". Les Contes de l'âge d'or est l'adaptation à l'écran des "légendes urbaines" les plus connues. Elles sont à la fois comiques, étranges, émouvantes et puisent leur inspiration dans un quotidien souvent surréaliste, quand l'humour était le seul moyen de survie de tout un peuple. Les Contes de l'âge d'or restitue l'atmosphère de l'époque et dresse à petites touches le portrait d'un pays soumis à la logique perverse d'une dictature. Quand un chauffeur livreur décida, pour la première fois de sa carrière, d'ouvrir son camion scellé, il découvrit ainsi le lien entre les oeufs, Pâques et l'amour conjugal. Un policier reçut un porc vivant comme cadeau de Noël et pensa que le gazer serait la meilleure façon de tuer l'animal en silence, pour ne pas réveiller ses voisins affamés. Dans la Roumanie des années 80, Bughi et Crina jouaient les Bonnie and Clyde, en collectant des bouteilles d'air."--[allociné.fr]. Avec Vlad Ivanov, Ion Sapdaru, Diana Cavallioti, Radu Iacoban, Tania Popa."
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