THE PHANTOM FATHER
synopsis
American Professor Robert Traum takes a sabbatical and turns his back on a present without surprise, to live an adventure from the past. Back in the Old World, he researches the origins of his father and uncle, the famous Traum brothers: Rudolf, a famous novelist, and Samuel – once a notorious gangster in Chicago. While traveling through Transylvania and Bucovina Robert meets Tanya, a Government archivist. Together they find Sami, the last surviving family friend, a cinema projectionist who was chased out of his old movie theatre by a greedy local politician. While Robert helps Sami win his theatre, Sami gives Robert his identity back.
international title: | The Phantom Father |
original title: | Tatal fantoma |
country: | Romania |
year: | 2011 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Lucian Georgescu |
release date: | RO 02/03/2012 |
cast: | Marcel Iureş, Mihaela Sârbu, Valer Dellakeza, Mihai Constantin, Mimi Brănescu, Barry Gifford, Victor Rebengiuc, Mariana Mihuţ, Nicodim Ungureanu |
cinematography by: | Liviu Marghidan |
film editing: | John Riley, Ion Ioachim Stroe |
art director: | Gabriel Nechita |
music: | Johannes Malfatti |
producer: | Lucian Georgescu, Joachim von Vietinghoff |
production: | Generic Audiovizual SRL (GAV) |
backing: | CNC, MEDIA Programme, Mediacom, Starcom Media, Initiative Media, Media Direction |
distributor: | Transilvania Film |