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A last year in 114 minutes

director: Daniel Nicolae Djamo

original title: Un ultim an in 114 minute

country: Romania

year: 2014

running time: 114 min.

synopsis

The director captures the final year in the life of the woman who helped raise him, as age slowly gets the best of her. The simple filming style, in which neither the camera nor the protagonist ever leaves her flat, results in an unusually intense and extremely personal record of time passing and the relationship with a loved one. It’s a raw yet formal testament that sensitively manages to avoid any trace of sentimental kitsch, leading the viewer on an emotional journey of the everyday reality of Buni’s days and her mercilessly worsening physical and psychological condition.

DETAIL:
They put a pencil inside a tea package. I don’t know why someone would put the pencil in there. To keep a journal each time that you are drinking tea? I just don’t get it. In a tea for diabetes...

biography

Daniel Djamo is a PhD student at the School of Visual Arts in Bucharest. His filmography includes a number of short films. He often experiments with installations, video art and photography in his work. In 2013, he acted as curator at the George Enescu Art Biennale in Bucharest. He has received multiple awards for his artistic work.

more about film

director:	Daniel Nicolae Djamo
cast:	Ana Voicescu, Daniel Nicolae Djamo
producer:	Daniel Nicolae Djamo
script:	Daniel Nicolae Djamo
photography:	Daniel Nicolae Djamo
editing:	Daniel Nicolae Djamo
sound:	Daniel Nicolae Djamo

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