安卡·达米安 — Playwright (8)
A Very Unsettled Summer (2013) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
O vara foarte instabila
other title: 心神不安的夏天 / O vara foarte instabila
A man becomes lured into a fictional game his ex-girlfriend has initiated. Sexually ensnared by her, and now realizing the fragility of the border between the real and the imagined, he begins to unravel. He convinces himself that if he can only write an ending to his life story, he can regain control of his life. But playing with fiction is not an innocent game…
Perfect Sanatos (2017) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Perfect sănătos
director: 安卡·达米安 actor: 弗拉德·伊凡诺夫 / 托玛·库津
other title: Perfect Health / Perfeitamente Saudável
A young man trying to solve the puzzle of his father's last moments rattles the life of a quiet town and unburies unwanted truths. His compulsive quest becomes a downward spiral of love, lust and lies.
Crulic - The Path to Beyond (2011) [Movie] Douban IMDb WikiData TMDB
Crulic - drumul spre dincolo
director: 安卡·达米安 actor: 桑德里娜·博内尔 / 弗拉德·伊凡诺夫
other title: 库里克的超越之路 / Crulic - drumul spre dincolo
An animated feature-length documentary telling the story of the life of Crulic, a 33 year-old Romanian accused of having stolen a wallet from an important Polish judge. Crulic was brought to the Krakow Detention Center Custody prison. He decided to start a hunger strike from the day he was arrested, demanding a meeting with somebody from the Romanian Consulate.
The Island (2021) [Movie] Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Island
other title: 小岛 / 더 아일랜드
Fancy watching a comical, surreal musical with Robinson Crusoe, about refugees on the Mediterranean Sea? Look no further! The switch of perspective, previously demonstrated by Romanian animator Anca Damian in L’extraordinaire voyage de Marona in 2018 – in which a dying dog reflects on his owners – also drives The Island. Here, Robinson Crusoe is not a desperate marooned sailor, but someone who voluntarily wiles away his days on an island. One day, Friday washes ashore – the sole survivor from a boat full of people trying to reach Italy. Criminals, border guards, and mermaids follow.
The result is not so much an indictment, as an absurd animation set to music which, in Damian’s own apt words, is a mix of The Little Prince, Robinson Crusoe, and Monty Python. The most bizarre scenes pass across the screen and merge together. In short, a film powered by wild free association, comic observation, and visual poetry.