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Offset
Saturday, July 21, 4:00 pm
East Coast Premiere—Germany—105 minutes
In German, French, Romanian and English with subtitles
Directed by Didi Danquart.
Written by Cristi Puiu and Razvan Radulescu.
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With Alexandra Maria Lara, Felix Klare,
Razvan Vasilescu
Bucharest may still be the Paris of the East, but it is
now a sepia-toned metropolis, aching with nostalgia for its grand
boulevards and proud architecture, for its cosmopolitan grace and
humanity—all violated by a long reign of fear and repression. It is
here that the story of Stefan, Brindusa and Nicu unfolds.
Nicu Iorga is a middle-aged entrepreneur and uncontested lord of
his fiefdom, a large print shop. Stefan is a young German engineer
who has come to install a new offset machine in Nicu’s shop. Add Brindusa, Nicu’s translator, secretary
and former mistress to the mix and you have an adult noir comedy of epic proportions. A tale of
misunderstandings—linguistic, cultural, emotional—that reflect the fears and prejudices of individuals
from different nations as they tentatively come together. Produced by Boris Michalski. Director of
Photography: Johann Feindt. From Bavaria Film International.
Accompanying Short:
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George
U.S.A.—27 minutes.
Written by Alex Kuciw & Greg Moller
Directed by Alex Kuciw.
George is desperate. His elderly parents are driving him crazy and he needs to get them into longterm
care. A bureaucratic health insurance company stands in his way.
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