The Paper Will be Blue On DVD
Out of enthusiasm, a Militia soldier abandons his platoon and decides to fight for the cause of the Revolution. His Lieutenant and the rest of the crew look for him during the confused night of 22-23 December 1989.
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Lieutenant Neagu’s armoured unit is ordered to patrol the suburbs. The unit’s radio functions intermittently and communications between the different armoured units and fragments of radio and TV broadcasts give vague reports of “terrorist” attacks on the national television station held by anti-Ceausescu forces. The members of the unit are thrown into confusion.
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Highly representative of the Romanian New Wave
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Radu Muntean creates a highly unusual, personal view of those days
" —31st Cambridge Film Festival
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A strong and engaging film
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The darkness of events in Muntean’s film enhances the impossibility to see what might linger behind things.
" —East European FIlm Bulletin
— The GWF Team