Tales From the Golden Age


1h 15m 2009

Brief Synopsis

The final 15 years of the Ceausescu regime were the worst in Romania's history. Nonetheless, the propaganda machine of that time referred without fail to that period as "The Golden Age." The film adapts for the screen the most popular urban myths of the period. Comic, bizarre, surprising myths abou

Film Details

Also Known As
Amintiri din Epoca de Aur 1 - Tovarasi, frumoasa e viata!, Amintiri din Epoca de Aur 1 si 2, Amintiri din Epoca de Aur 2 - Dragoste în timpul liber, Contes de l'âge d, Contes de l'âge d'or
MPAA Rating
Genre
Anthology
Comedy
Drama
Foreign
Historical
Political
Release Date
2009
Production Company
Alliance Media & Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. (Amepl); Alta Films; Frenetic Films; IFC Films; Imagine Film Distribution (Ifd); Imovision; Megacom Film (Mcf); Midas Filmes; Mongrel Media; Mongrel Media; Spentzos Films; Swallow Wings; Why Not Productions; Why Not Productions; Wild Bunch
Distribution Company
Alta Films; Archibald Distribuzione Cinematografica Indipendente; Cinema Mondo; Le Pacte; September Film Distribution; Tour De Force (Tdf); Zeitgeist Films

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 15m

Synopsis

The final 15 years of the Ceausescu regime were the worst in Romania's history. Nonetheless, the propaganda machine of that time referred without fail to that period as "The Golden Age." The film adapts for the screen the most popular urban myths of the period. Comic, bizarre, surprising myths abounded, myths that drew on the often surreal events of everyday life under the communist regime. Humor is what kept Romanians alive, and "Tales From The Golden Age aims to re- capture that mood, portraying the survival of a nation having to face every day the twisted logic of a dictatorship.

Film Details

Also Known As
Amintiri din Epoca de Aur 1 - Tovarasi, frumoasa e viata!, Amintiri din Epoca de Aur 1 si 2, Amintiri din Epoca de Aur 2 - Dragoste în timpul liber, Contes de l'âge d, Contes de l'âge d'or
MPAA Rating
Genre
Anthology
Comedy
Drama
Foreign
Historical
Political
Release Date
2009
Production Company
Alliance Media & Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. (Amepl); Alta Films; Frenetic Films; IFC Films; Imagine Film Distribution (Ifd); Imovision; Megacom Film (Mcf); Midas Filmes; Mongrel Media; Mongrel Media; Spentzos Films; Swallow Wings; Why Not Productions; Why Not Productions; Wild Bunch
Distribution Company
Alta Films; Archibald Distribuzione Cinematografica Indipendente; Cinema Mondo; Le Pacte; September Film Distribution; Tour De Force (Tdf); Zeitgeist Films

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 15m

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Limited Release in United States Summer August 26, 2011

Released in United States on Video February 14, 2012

Released in United States October 2009

Released in United States 2010

Shown at Pusan International Film Festival (World Cinema) October 8-16, 2009.

Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival (Spectrum) January 27-February 7, 2010.

Released theatrically in Romania as two separate films: "Amintiri din Epoca de Aur 1 - Tovarasi, frumoasa e viata!" and "Amintiri din Epoca de Aur 2 - Dragoste în timpul liber."

Released in Romania October 23, 2009. ("Amintiri din Epoca de Aur 2 - Dragoste în timpul liber")

Limited Release in United States Summer August 26, 2011 (New York City)

Released in United States on Video February 14, 2012

Released in United States October 2009 (Shown at Pusan International Film Festival (World Cinema) October 8-16, 2009.)

Released in United States 2010 (Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival (Spectrum) January 27-February 7, 2010. )