CIGARETTES AND COFFEE

regia/director cristi puiu
sceneggiatura/screenplay cristi puiu
fotografia/cinematographer oleg mutu
montaggio/editing dana bunescu
suono/sound dolby
cast/castvictor rebengiuc, mimi branescu
genere /genre fiction
formato originale/original format 35 mm – color
durata/running time 13’
anno di produzione 2004
paese di produzione/country of production romania
produzione/production temple film
distribuzione/distribution romanian film centre

BIOGRAPHY

Born in Bucharest on April 3, 1967. He graduated l’Ecole Superieure d’Art Visuel in Geneva in 1996.

FILMOGRAPHY

2004 Cigarettes and Coffee (corto, short) 2001 Stuff &Dough (corto, short) 1998 Asylum (documentario, documentary) 1996 Bucharest, the North Railway Station (documentario, documentary) 1995 (corto, short) 1994 There’s No Place Like Home (corto, short) 1993 Interiors (corto, short).

SYNOPSIS

The bus leaves Mr. Tomescu downtown Bucharest, in front of Graceland restaurant. He enters and sits down at the table where Vlad is seated. Mr. Tomescu is in his early 60ies.Vlad invited him during his lunch break to listen to his problems. Freshly dismissed-2 years before time-Mr. Tomescu asks for Vlad’s help to find him a new employment.