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Bucharest Non-Stop (2015)
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Original name: Bucuresti Non Stop
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
"Bucharest Non-Stop" is a feature film that tells the story of a neighborhood of Bucharest. More specifically, the film is a night of non-stop life of a store located in a neighborhood blocks. Four drive four different stories linked by a key figure, Achim, known as "the boy from non-stop", played by George Ifrim. The film wants to convey the story of ordinary people in extraordinary situations.
Style:
independent film, melancholic, intense, suspense
Plot:
neighborhood, nightlife, ordinary people, everyday life, slice of life, street life, working class, realism, social realism, character study, community, storekeeper, empathy, intimate, isolation, redemption, moral ambiguity, urban decay, bittersweet, domestic drama, shopkeeper
Time:
contemporary
Place:
bucharest, eastern europe
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