Legaturi bolnavicioase (2006)

Director:

Tudor Giurgiu

Writers:

Razvan Radulescu (dialogue)
Cecilia Stefanescu (script & dialogue)

Release Date:

17 March 2006 (Romania)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Love. It just happens. No rules. It may look sick, but it's deep and it hurts. For everyone, Alex and Kiki are just good friends. They happen to be two girls experiencing another kind of love. For their family, Kiki and Sandu are sister and brother who sometimes fight. They happen to be lovers. Love Sick is about their stories. |

Plot Keywords:

College Student | Small Town Girl | City Girl | Bathing Suit | Brother Sister Incest

Cast

Maria Popistasu	...	Kiki
Ioana Barbu	...	Alex
Tudor Chirila	...	Sandu
Catalina Murgea	...	Mrs. Benes
Mircea Diaconu	...	Mr. Dragnea
Virginia Mirea	...	Mrs. Dragnea
Tora Vasilescu	...	Mrs. Parvulescu
Valentin Popescu	...	Mr. Parvulescu
Mihai Dinvale	...	Prof. Mihailescu
Carmen Tanase	...	Chelnerita
Puya	...	Taxi driver
Mihaela Radulescu	...	Mrs. Negulescu
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Robert Paschall Jr.	...	Bo (uncredited)

Directed by
Tudor Giurgiu

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Razvan Radulescu		dialogue
Cecilia Stefanescu		script & dialogue

Produced by
Tudor Giurgiu	....	producer
Dragos Vilcu	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Vlaicu Golcea

Cinematography by
Alexandru Sterian		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Alexandru Radu

Makeup Department
Miruna Panaitescu	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Oana Giurgiu	....	production manager
Ramona Munteanu	....	production chief

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Radu Barbulescu	....	first assistant director

Sound Department
Dana Bunescu	....	sound
Gelu Costache	....	sound recordist
Laurentiu Dobjanski	....	boom operator
Christinel Sirli	....	sound mixer

Camera and Electrical Department
Fericean Cosmin	....	Steadicam operator
Silviu Ghetie	....	still photographer
Gabi Sora	....	electrician
Marcel Tanase	....	gaffer

Editorial Department
Alma Cazacu	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Alina Tapardel	....	production coordinator

Production Companies

• Libra Film

Distributors

• Cinemien (2007) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Optimale (2007) (France) (theatrical)
• Transilvania Film (2006) (Romania) (theatrical)
• Homescreen (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• TLA Releasing (2008) (UK) (DVD)
• Vivarto (2007) (Poland) (all media)

Other Companies

• Global Film Initiative  funding

Also Known As:

Love Sick (International: English title)

Runtime:

Romania:86 min | Argentina:86 min

Country:

Romania | France

Language:

Romanian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:16 | UK:15 (uncut)

Filming Locations:

Bucharest, Romania

Company:

Libra Film

I guess it's somewhat understandable...

...since there are only few decent Romanian movies that were launched in the past few years. And the subject of matter is also difficult to approach. Yet, this benefits from a better production than other Romanian movies, and the photography doesn't leave the impression of wandering he Garbage Empire. Yet, it is poorly acted and written, especially written, there is no insight, no character development, Tudor Chirila is very annoying trying to look charismatic when he actually isn't. The whole material looks to high-school-ish to work, it looks like it was written by a 15 year old girl who discovered literature and some taboo subjects, so confronting such a script few actors could handle the situation without making severe changes. In spite of all said above, this movie is not disgraceful, it is not like "Italiencele" or "Orient Express", it doesn't leave you wonder who had the uninspired to fund such crappy productions. It is just a bad movie that could have been far better.

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