{mosimage}The € 1.2 million film was produced by Georgescu and Generic Audiovizual SRL (GAV) - Romania (www.gav.ro). The project received a grant from the Romanian Film Centre (www.cncinema.abt.ro), and a €20,000 grant from the MEDIA Programme. The film is co-financed by the Romanian companies Mediacom, Starcom Media, Initiative Media and Media Direction.
The film is based on a story of the cult American screenwriter Barry Gifford (Wild at Heart, Lost Highway, City of Ghosts), who also plays a small part in The Phantom Father. The main character - an American professor starting a trip to Vienna, Transylvania and Bucovina in order to find his roots - is played by the Romanian actor Marcel Iureş (Mission: Impossible, Amen, The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2).
The story is partly biographical since Gifford's grandfather left Bucovina for Vienna and finally settled in the United States. The main shoot ended in December 2008, but additional shooting took place in April 2009 and for 8 days in spring 2010, involving Romanian actors Victor Rebengiuc and Mariana Mihuţ.
Joachim Von Vietinghoff is Senior Consultant Producer. The DOP is Liviu Marghidan (California Dreamin'). The film is in English, but the cast (except Gifford) is entirely Romanian (Mihaela Sârbu, Mihai Constantin, Valer Dellakeza, Nicodim Ungureanu, Mirela Oprişor). The German composer Johannes Malfatti worked on the music in Berlin.
The Phantom Father (www.thephantomfather.com) is the first part of "a trilogy of bitter comedies and fantasy tales of foreigners visiting a mysterious land with which they share love and hate, stories, memories or ghosts," the producers said.
Company information
GAV (Generic Audiovizual SRL)
Bucharest 48 Plantelor Street 023975, Sector 2, Romania
Tel: 0040-21-31.71.356
Fax: 0040-21-31.71.286
Mobile: 0040-72.81.17.755
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MediaCom Romania
Bucharest, 39 Frumoasă Street, Sector 1, Romania
Tel: 0040- 21 - 314.50.10
Fax: 0040- 21 - 314.50.15
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Starcom Media
13, Nicolae Iorga Street, Romania
Tel: 0040-21-201 6140
Fax: 0040-21-201 6141
Initiative Media
Bucharest 17 Ceasornicului Street, Sector 1, Romania
Tel: 0040-21 - 3010100
Fax: 0040- 21 - 3010199
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Media Direction
Bucharest 41Argentina Street
Sector 1 Romania
Tel: 0040-21-230.60.22
Fax: 0040-21-230.60.36
Credits
Director, screenwriter and producer: Lucian Georgescu
Based on a story by: Barry Gifford
Cinematographer: Liviu Marghidan
Cast: Marcel Iureş
Mihaela Sârbu
Mihai Constantin
Valer Dellakeza
Nicodim Ungureanu
Barry Gifford
Victor Rebengiuc
Mariana Mihuţ
Mirela Oprişor
