ICR Romanian Cultural Institute London

Francesca Screening @ EastEnd Film Festival

        

The Romanian Cultural Institute supports the screening of the acclaimed drama Francesca in the EastEnd Film Festival, followed by Q&A session with director Bobby Paunescu.

One of the opening films of the 2009 Venice Film Festival, acclaimed drama Francesca is the debut of Bobby Paunescu, a leading Romanian film-maker. Francesca is a young kindergarten teacher whose dream is to leave Romania and migrate to Italy for a better life. She is relying on her boyfriend Mita to join her in Italy as soon as he finishes a small business he's involved in, but her plans are threatened as painful truths come to light. Paunescu expertly builds a tragic sense of entrapment around Francesca's flight.

Cast: Monica Birladeanu, Doru Boguta, Luminita Gheorghiu
Released: 2009
Run Time: 1 hour 34 minutes
In Romanian with English subtitles.

When: Sunday, 25 April 2010, 3.15pm;
Where: Rio Cinema, 107 Kingsland High Street (corner John Campbell Road), London E8 2PB.
Tickets: www.riocinema.ndirect.co.uk