31-07-2012

PRODUCTION: The Gentleman from the Courtyard in Postproduction

By Iulia Blaga

    BUCHAREST:The Romanian-French filmmaker Cornel Gheorghita (Europolis) is in postproduction with his second feature, a Romanian-French coproduction shot mostly in Romania.

    The Gentleman from the Courtyard/Domnul de la curte is a drama involving a French businessman who comes to Romania and gets stuck in a patio, while the situation outside is changing dramatically.

    The Romanian producer is Alexandru Iclozan of Ro De Film, with coproducer Jean-Pierre Gardelli and the French company Milonga Productions. Shooting took place between in early summer at Băile Herculane, Romania, and Toulouse, France.

    The budget is 1m EUR, Iclozan told FNE. The project received a production grant of 319,236 EUR/1,340,795 RON from the Romanian National Centre for Cinema (www.cncinema.abt.ro) in 2010.

    Gheorghiţă and Jean Samoullan wrote the script. Sorin Drăgoi is the DOP. The cast includes the French actor Serge Riaboukine and the Romanian actors Gabriel Spahiu, Sanda Toma and Camelia Pintilie. The film is expected to be finished and to premiere in 2013.

     

    CornelGheorghita.jpgProduction Information

    Ro De Film

    Calea Moşilor 288,

    Bloc 32, Sc. 2, Ap 42

    Bucureşti, Romania

    Cell phone Al. Iclozan: +40 723 693 215

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    Milonga Productions

    44 rue du Caillou Gris

    31200 Toulouse

    France

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    Credits

    Director: Cornel Gheorghiţă

    Script: Cornel Gheorghiţă

           Jean Samoullan

    DOP: Sorin Drăgoi

    Cast: Serge Riaboukine

          Gabriel Spahiu

          Sanda Toma

          Camelia Pintilie