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词条 California Dreamin' (film)
释义

  1. Plot

  2. Cast

  3. See also

  4. Notes

  5. Further reading

  6. External links

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| name = California Dreamin' (endless)
California Dreamin' (nesfârșit)
| image = California dreamin'.jpg
| caption =
| director = Cristian Nemescu
| producer = Cristian Nemescu
| writer = Tudor Voican
Cristian Nemescu
Catherine Linstrum
| starring = Armand Assante
Jamie Elman
Răzvan Vasilescu
Maria Dinulescu
| music =
| cinematography =
| editing =
| distributor = Media PRO Studios
| released = {{film date|2007|5|17|Cannes|2007|6|1|Romania|df=yes}}
| runtime = 155 minutes
| country = Romania
| language = Romanian
English
| budget =
| gross =
}}

California Dreamin' (endless)[1] ({{lang-ro|California Dreamin' (nesfârșit)}}) is a 2007 Romanian film by Cristian Nemescu. It won the Prix un certain regard at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. It also picked up the Iris Award for Best Film, the Audience Award and the Canvas Award at the Brussels European Film Festival 2007. The film is also sometimes called Endless in English,[2] nesfârșit being Romanian for "endless".

The director died before editing was completed. MediaPro Studios decided to edit the film with the entirety of the material left by Nemescu, a decision which led to the considerable runtime of 155 minutes.[3]

Plot

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The plot is based on a true story:[4] in 1999, during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, a train containing American radar equipment required in Kosovo, guarded by a small troop of American and Romanian soldiers, went through Romania and was stopped for four days in a small village on the Bărăgan Plain because some customs papers were missing, even though the train had been authorised to pass through Romania by its Prime Minister.

In the movie, the train is stopped several days in the village of Căpâlniţa by the chief of the train station, Doiaru, who is corrupt and routinely steals goods from the trains which go through his station. He forces the train to move onto a siding until the paperwork is produced. The Americans try in vain to get the Romanian government to sort out the paperwork, but the responsibility is passed from one ministry to the other and as a result, their departure is delayed.

Periodic flashbacks take the audience back to Doiaru's childhood, when his parents, who were factory owners, awaited the coming of the Americans at the end of World War 2. As his father was considered a German supporter, Doiaru's family dreaded the arrival of the Russians. However, the Russians arrived first and they took away Doiaru's parents and he never saw them again. The first Americans to arrive in the village after the war are the very soldiers on the train in 1999.

The mayor of the village tries to make the Americans' stay enjoyable and invites them to the 100th anniversary of the founding of the village, even though such a feast was celebrated only a few months before. Doiaru's daughter, Monica, develops a crush on an American soldier, but as she knows no English, she uses the help of a local geek, Andrei, who is in love with her.

The mayor and the rest of the villagers are incited into revolting against Doiaru and start a riot, during the course of which the train leaves and Doiaru dies.

An ending note says that the radar was installed two hours after the ceasefire with Yugoslavia was signed, and the final scene shows Monica and Andrei meeting in Bucharest in 2004.

Cast

  • Armand Assante - Captain Doug Jones
  • Jamie Elman - Sergeant David McLaren
  • Razvan Vasilescu - Doiaru
  • Maria Dinulescu - Monica
  • Alexandru Margineanu - Andrei
  • Ion Sapdaru - The Mayor
  • Alexandru Dragoi - Rodriguez
  • Andi Vasluianu - Soldier Marian

See also

  • Romanian New Wave

Notes

1. ^According to the official website of the Cannes Film Festival, the title of the film is "California Dreamin'". However, other sources write it as "California Dreaming".
2. ^California Dreamin' (Endless) at AllMovie
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.revista22.ro/palme-dor-si-premiul-un-certain-regard-pentru-filmele-romanesti-3776.html|title=Palme d'Or si Premiul Un Certain Regard pentru filmele romanesti|publisher=Revista 22|date=4 June 2006}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://adevarul.ro/locale/craiova/olteanul-sef-gara-oprit-doua-trenul-nato-pielesti-i-a-scos-minti-americani-basescu-zis-personal-afara-n-am-cedat-1_5613f9abf5eaafab2c5e9d10/index.html?ref=yfp|title=Olteanul-şef de gară care a oprit de două ori trenul NATO, la Pieleşti, şi i-a scos din minţi pe americani: "Băsescu a zis că mă dă personal afară, dar eu n-am cedat"|publisher=Adevărul|date=7 October 2015}}

Further reading

Chivoiu, Oana (2011) “Cristian Nemescu's California Dreamin' (Endless): A Cinematic Radiography of a National Dream”, in: manycinemas 1, 54-65 Online pdf

External links

  • The official film website
  • {{IMDb title|0449573}}
  • {{Amg movie|399245|California Dreamin' (endless)}}
  • California Dreamin' (endless) at 2007 Cannes Film Festival
{{Un Certain Regard}}

6 : Romanian films|Romanian-language films|English-language films|2007 films|2000s drama films|Films directed by Cristian Nemescu

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