California Dreamin' (2007)
Directed by Cristian Nemescu
Genres - Comedy |
Sub-Genres - Political Satire |
Release Date - Jan 23, 2009 (USA - Limited) |
Run Time - 157 min. |
Countries - Romania |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Nathan Southern
Romanian director Cristian Nemescu's comedy California Dreamin' (aka Nesfarsit, 2007) unfolds against the backdrop of the Kosovo War, circa 1999. A NATO train rolls through a Romanian hamlet, transporting a plethora of weapons across the country -- without official documents, and equipped only with the verbal consent of the Romanian authorities. The transport thus grows intensely vulnerable to the locals -- particularly the corrupt head of the railway station, who moonlights as a mobster and promptly decides to interfere with the shipment.
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mob-boss, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), Romania, station, train [locomotive], village, weapons