Aferim!

Author

Radu Jude

Call Number

• DVD FOREIGN (CEN)

Languages

In Romanian, Turkish, Roma with English subtitles.

Performers

Teodor Corban, Mihai Comanoiu, Toma Cuzin, Alexandru Dabija.

Publication Information

[Brooklyn, NY] : Big World Pictures, [2016]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (106 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

Eastern Europe, 1835. Two riders cross a barren landscape in the middle of Wallachia. They are the gendarme Costandin and his son. Together they are searching for a gypsy slave who has run away from his nobleman master and is suspected of having an affair with the noble's wife. While the unflappable Costandin comments on every situation with a cheery aphorism, his son takes a more contemplative view of the world. On their odyssey they encounter people of different nationalities and beliefs: Turks and Russians, Christians and Jews, Romanians and Hungarians. Each harbors prejudices against the others which have been passed down from generation to generation. And even when the slave Carfin is found, the adventure is far from over.

Notes

Title from container.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2015.

Bonus feature: Radu Jude's Sundance-winning short film, "The tuba with a hat" (2006).