Synopsis
Foreword: At first glance, the National Day parade is a spectacle celebrating the country and the nation. Behind the scenes, however, real conflicts are taking place.
Directed by: Vali Nechifor
Script by: Vali Nechifor
Cast: Sorin Mihai, Vali Nechifor
Producer: Vali Nechifor, Ștefan Precupanu
Cinematography: Ștefan Precupanu, Frank Daniau
Edited by: Duada Rusu
Sound: Vlad Nohit
Year: 2024
Category: Short film
Genre: Docudrama
Duration: 13 minutes
3 – Cinepub viewers
PLOT SUMMARY
A dialogue between two different Romanias at a turning point in tense times, when each one of us is searching for its own identity and that of the country in the other person.
AWARDS:
- 2025 – RROMA International Film Festival – Special Mention II
Festivals:
- 2025 – dokumentART European Film Festival
TRIVIA:
- Vali Nechifor is an actor, director, and screenwriter for film and theater. He graduated from the theater and film faculty in Cluj, specializing in acting.
- He has collaborated as an actor with independent and state theaters. He is also active in various productions as an assistant director, director, casting agent, and screenwriter. He coordinates acting courses at the Origin Art Studio school in Cluj.
- He is currently (December 2025) in pre-production with a major project that will mark his feature film debut.
- From Vali Nechifor’s filmography, you can also watch on CINEPUB.ro the short film “Botez“, starring Mircea Solcanu.
LINES:
• “Yes, are they the same age as your children? Then what did you have against me at Victoriei?”
• “What language are you speaking?”
• “Tell me, am I defiling this flag?”
• “All you hooligans have laid your hands on this flag!”
• “We had a king, we had connections with the upper class. These guys, who knows who they are? They’re used to always putting one of their own forward!”
• “I’m leaving, I’m pissing on your country because you thieves stole this country anyway!”
• “Well, is this our parade?!”
ARTICLES:
- RROMA Film Festival, 3rd edition, has announced its winners – revistafilm.ro
- They are the best cinephiles of Gypsy culture – jurnalul.ro
- 15 films from eight countries in the official RROMA Film Festival competition – radiobrasovfm.ro
- Vali Nechifor – filmmakers.eu
- To be or not to be… an actor or a director. Valentin Nechifor, life in front of and behind the camera, at only 23 years old – tomistv.ro
