Zavera
2019 Romanian drama film
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Zavera (English: "Turmoil"[2]) is a 2019 Romanian drama film directed by Andrei Gruzsniczki, written by Gruzsniczki and Mircea Staiculescu, and produced by Saga Film. The plot follows Ștefan (played by Dorian Boguță), a construction engineer, who enters an existential crisis after his best friend and business partner Nic (played by Șerban Pavlu) dies in a bicycle accident. The film is subtitled "eight Gymnopédies" and is structured in eight days in the life of Ștefan after Nic's death.
- Andrei Gruzsniczki
- Mircea Staiculescu
- Georgiana Constantin
- Alexandru Teodorescu
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| Directed by | Andrei Gruzsniczki |
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| Cinematography | Tudor Vladimir Panduru |
| Edited by | Dana Bunescu |
| Music by | Cristian Lolea |
Production company | Saga Film |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | Romania |
| Language | Romanian |
| Box office | $1,670[1] |
The writing of Zavera started in 2014 with a script development workshop organized by Sources 2 in Norway.[3] During the next three years, Gruzsniczki struggled to find producers for the film. The production started in 2018.[3] The initial idea for the film was to follow eight characters, but because of financial constraints it was reduced to only one.[3][4] The score contains two of Erik Satie's Gnossiennes, performed by the original music composer Cristian Lolea.[5]
The film premiered on November 23, 2019 at the Cairo International Film Festival[6] and was theatrically released in Romania on November 29, 2019.[7] It received two nominations at the 2020 Gopo Awards, Coca Bloos for Best Actress in a Supporting Role and Lolea for Best Original Music, but neither of them won.[8]
