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Nae Caranfil (writer)
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Release Date:
15 March 2002 (Romania) more
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Plot:
Ovidiu, a high-school teacher looking for an extra buck, finds an unexpected way to earn easy money. | add synopsis
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4 wins more
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FILANTROPICA (DIDIER BECU) more (26 total)

Cast

  (in credits order)
Mircea Diaconu ... Ovidiu Gorea
Gheorghe Dinica ... Pavel Puiut
Mara Nicolescu ... Miruna
Viorica Voda ... Diana Dobrovicescu
Marius Florea Vizante ... Simpaticul
Florin Zamfirescu ... Poetul Garii de Nord
Cristian Gheorghe ... Robert Dobrovicescu
Florin Calinescu ... Himself
Constantin Draganescu ... Tatal
Monica Ghiuta ... Mama
Ovidiu Niculescu ... Ospatarul
Valentin Popescu ... Recuperator #1
Nae Caranfil ... Karaoke singer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gabriela Bobes
George Lungoci ... Reporter
Marius Rizea
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Directed by
Nae Caranfil 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Nae Caranfil  writer

Produced by
Andrei Boncea .... associate producer
Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre .... producer
Martine de Clermont-Tonnerre .... producer
François-Xavier Decraene .... line producer
 
Original Music by
Marius Mihalache 
 
Cinematography by
Vivi Dragan Vasile  (as Vivi Dragan)
 
Film Editing by
Thierry Derocles 
Tiberiu Teodorescu 
 
Production Design by
Mihnea Mihailescu 
 
Art Direction by
Mihnea Mihailescu 
 
Costume Design by
Svetlana Mihailescu 
 
Production Management
Gabriela Albu .... production manager
François-Xavier Decraene .... production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Constantin Nica .... first assistant director
Virgil Nicolaescu .... second assistant director
 
Art Department
Petre Enescu .... props
 
Sound Department
Jean-Claude Brisson .... sound engineer
Andrei Chirosca .... sound editor
Gelu Costache .... sound assistant
François Domerc .... sound engineer
Marius Emil Stanescu .... boom operator
François Groult .... sound mixer
Horea Murgu .... sound engineer
Iulia Murgu .... sound assistant
 
Stunts
Ion Albu .... stunt coordinator
Mihai Iliescu .... stunts
Doru Raceala .... stunt driver
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Nica Constantin .... camera operator
Florin Nicolae .... best boy
Razvan Paslaru .... best boy grip
Adrian Sandor .... assistant camera
Nicolae Vasile .... electrician
Peter Velciov .... Steadicam operator
 
Casting Department
Gabriela Petre .... casting assistant
 
Editorial Department
Iulia Murgu .... assistant editor
 
Other crew
Elena Ene .... script supervisor
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Philanthropique (France)
Philanthropy (International: English title)
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110 min | France:113 min
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69 out of 78 people found the following review useful.
FILANTROPICA (DIDIER BECU), 11 November 2003
8/10
Author: Didier (Didier-Becu) from Gent, Belgium

Are you laughing or are you crying? I dunno and this realistic view on today's life in some east European country (Romania) makes you aware that the power is in hands of those who are related to the mob. "Filantropica" tells the story of an ordinary man, a schoolteacher who writes some books in his free time (without success). He earns enough to keep himself alive but from the moment he wants something out of line (sympathy for a gorgeous looking girl) he has just one route : following the route of crime. "Filantropica" shows perfect how the mob is involved in everything, from televisionshows till the beggar on the street and it might be a very hard movie, it's a brilliant masterpiece of today's society. Absolute must!

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