30-05-2014

FNE at TIFF 2014: The Unsaved

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    The Unsaved by  Igor Cobileanski The Unsaved by Igor Cobileanski

    CLUJ-NAPOCA: Selected in the Romanian Days competitive section of Transylvania IFF, The Unsaved/La limita de jos a cerului captures the lack of prospects in contemporary Republic of Moldova through the bitter sweet drama of two young friends trying to take control over their lives.

    Igor Cobileanski’s first feature was written by Corneliu Porumboiu and Igor Cobileanski and had its world premiere in the East of the West competition of the 48th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.

    “What drew me to this project was a very good script, especially the fact that it depicts a world that has no clear direction and lacks unity and purpose. The perfect place that portrays the environment in the script was present-day Moldova, where we did the shooting,” producer Alex Teodorescu told FNE.

    Teodorescu is producing through Saga Film. The film was shot in the Republic of Moldova in Autumn 2010, with a budget slightly over 1m EUR, partially covered by a MEDIA development grant as well as a production grant of 300,000 EUR from the National Centre for Cinema. Chainsaw Europe from Bucharest hosted the editing process, Raza Studio the sound editing, and Budapest’s Focus Fox Studio the Dolby mixing.

    Oleg Mutu, famous for Cristian Mungiu’s 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days/4 luni, 3 săptămâni şi 2 zile and Sergei Loznitsa’s In the Fog/V tumane, is the DoP. The main characters are played by Moldavian actors Igor Babiac and Sergiu Voloc and also by Romanian actor Ela Ionescu. The film opened in Romania on 27 September 2013. It was awarded the FIPRESCI award in Cottbus IFF and outnumbered Child's Pose at the nominations for Gopo Awards winning best debut and best cinematography.

    Production Information:

    Saga Film
    8 Dimitrie Racoviţă Street
    Sector 2, Bucharest, 023993
    Romania
    Phone: +40.21.317.33.60
    Fax: +40.21.317.33.64
    www.sagafilm.ro
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    Credits:
    Director: Igor Cobileanski
    Script:
    Corneliu Porumboiu
    Igor Cobileanski
    DoP: Oleg Mutu
    Art director: Adrian Suruceanu
    Editors:
    Eugen Kelemen
    Cristina Ionescu

    Cast:
    Igor Babiac
    Sergiu Voloc
    Ela Ionescu
    Igor Caras
    Angela Ciobanu