FAMILY TRIP (2017) – drama film online

Directed by: Cătălin Drăghici
Cast: Alexandru Potocean, Silvia Gâscă, Doru Nițescu, Mihai Sîrbu, Ion Niculae, Sasha Cristian Drăghici
Script by: Cătălin Drăghici
Producer: Gabriela Suciu
Cinematography: Radu Șterfan Fulga
Edited by: Dragoș Apetri
Sound: Ioan Filip, Dan Ștefan Rucăreanu
Year: 2017
Category: Short film
Genre: Drama
Duration: 22 minutes

5,491 – Cinepub viewers

PLOT SUMMARY

A young father’s days are spent shuffling between work and family. His son’s anniversary and the promise he made to his family are threatened by the rush against time through the overcrowded city as other people depend on his work.

CRITICAL REVIEWS:

„What seems like a relatively mundane, bureaucratic inconvenience becomes a cataclysm. What survives? The young man’s desire to keep the lie of his ‘double’ life standing. Potocean plays his character with his lips stuck to his teeth and his eyes lacking sparkle. A Willy Loman, a traveling salesman nearing his own demise. Dramatizing as givens of the story’s convention both the real estate problem and what lies beyond the engineer’s everyday mask, Drăghici goes for «the money shot», covering the capital in deep dust and dirt.” – Emil Vasilache, cinepub.ro

„The extremely precarious situation of Bucharest’s real estate has for years been a constant source of anxiety, sometimes more visible, sometimes deliberately ignored so as not to completely annihilate life in the city.” – Emil Vasilache, cinepub.ro

„It’s to be applauded the spirit in which the moment of the earthquake is reached; the sequence itself evokes a sparkle that is not to be missed.” – Emil Vasilache, cinepub.ro

TRIVIA:

• The director is a film producer.
• Cătălin Drăghici was initially attracted to documentary filmmaking, making (as both director and producer) the feature-length film “The Dabija Brothers” in 2015, starring his friends.

LINES:

“I saw (that you called me). I didn’t get a chance to answer. I was at the construction site all day.” – Dad (Alexandru Potocean)
“We let daddy work and we’ll be going.” – Mom (Silvia Gîscă)
“Better you go ahead and I’ll catch a later train. See you there.” – Dad (Alexandru Potocean)
“I won’t make it now, I had to go through the construction site. There are people here who need me.” – Dad (Alexandru Potocean)
“I know mommy has problems too, but you’ll deal with her.” – Dad (Alexandru Potocean)
“Give up your suppliers and I’ll give you some new ones who will give you new prices. Closer to the real value of such an estimate.” – Investor (Doru Nițescu)
“Once you get this final price, add another 10%. For the unexpected.” – Investor (Doru Nițescu)
“I’ll call you from the road.” – Dad (Alexandru Potocean)

ARTICLES:

• Next Romanian Shorts at the Romanian Cultural Institute – icr.ro
• Romanian Shorts awarded at NexT 2017 at the Romanian Cultural Institute in Bucharest – ceccarbusinessmagazine.ro

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