Boogie (2008)

User Rating:

7.7/10   

Director:

Radu Muntean

Writers:

Alexandru Baciu (writer)
Radu Muntean (writer)

Release Date:

19 September 2008 (Romania)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

Boogie finds himself caught between family obligations and the temptation of a night out like in the good old days.

Plot:

On his spring break at the seaside, with his wife and his four year old son, Bogdan Ciocazanu runs into...

Plot Keywords:

Seaside | Spring Break | Male Female Relationship | Male Nudity | Babysitting Wife

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Dragos Bucur	...	Bogdan Ciocazanu
Anamaria Marinca	...	Smaranda Ciocazanu
Mimi Branescu	...	Penescu
Adrian Vancica	...	Iordache
Vlad Muntean	...	Adrian Ciocazanu
Geanina Varga	...	Roxana
Roxana Iancu	...	Ramona
Maria Alexandra Birleanu	...	Waitress

Runtime:

Romania:102 min | Argentina:98 min (Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente)

Country:

Romania

Language:

Romanian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Argentina:16

Filming Locations:

Neptun Resort, Romania

Company:

Multimedia Est

Trivia:

The location as mentioned in the movie is Neptun resort, but actually all the beach sequences were filmed in Saturn resort. As the main character is coming out of the water, one can clearly identify three seaside hotels from Saturn: Hora, Balada and Sirena. In fact, in Neptun there are no hotels close to the beach.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: The evening out on the Amfiteatru terrace, one of the guys says they should go bowling in Olimp, but they are already there, as Amfiteatru is a renowned hotel & restaurant in Olimp resort.

made of fail

I regret wasting two hours of my life with this film. Plot-wise, it is utterly pointless, Dragos Bucur's unconvincing struggle with his midlife crisis managed only to annoy the hell out of me. Frankly, it was so bad that it became uncomfortable to watch and I even considered walking out of the theatre, but I endured eventually. Also, from a technical point of view, this film is the perfect example of a standard Romanian production. Sound quality and cinematography are ridiculous. The background noises manage to drown half of the lines (not that one misses much wit there). Everything that could go wrong in a typically Romanian film goes wrong. There is really no point in seeing this for yourself, save two hours of your life and watch something else.