Turks ruled the Balkans for 500 years, and during those 500 tears the Roma people were used as slaves and nobody ever talked about it in any historical books, because even today nobody cares about them! Well with this film the justice is done, at least for the truth to come out!
"Aferim!" is a film which recreated the culture of Vlahs (Wallahis) and their attitude towards the Roma people (Gypsies) so accurately that some of the dialogues were taking you to that time with all the questions, answers and theories believed and spread around by the Church, ordinary people and the "scholars" of the Ottoman empire.
Cinematography was something I craved for a long time, and black and white film did not take anything away from it. I sent this film to my Romanian friend who now lives in Beijing, and we laughed and the juicy language which is a "must" for describing a character traits in these parts of the world.
The screenplay was one of the most inspiring i had a chance to see, because it took care of everything: accurate storytelling with amazing skills developed in expanding effortlessly the complicated story of breaking the law, trying to survive, adultery and low abiding into a life philosophy which dreams about justice.
Directing was a dream job... so winning the Best Director at the Berlin Film Festival 2015 was not a surprise! Well deserved.
So, if you were craving for a film which has it all - try this!
"Aferim!" is a film which recreated the culture of Vlahs (Wallahis) and their attitude towards the Roma people (Gypsies) so accurately that some of the dialogues were taking you to that time with all the questions, answers and theories believed and spread around by the Church, ordinary people and the "scholars" of the Ottoman empire.
Cinematography was something I craved for a long time, and black and white film did not take anything away from it. I sent this film to my Romanian friend who now lives in Beijing, and we laughed and the juicy language which is a "must" for describing a character traits in these parts of the world.
The screenplay was one of the most inspiring i had a chance to see, because it took care of everything: accurate storytelling with amazing skills developed in expanding effortlessly the complicated story of breaking the law, trying to survive, adultery and low abiding into a life philosophy which dreams about justice.
Directing was a dream job... so winning the Best Director at the Berlin Film Festival 2015 was not a surprise! Well deserved.
So, if you were craving for a film which has it all - try this!