Corneliu Porumboiu

Corneliu Porumboiu

September 14, 1975 · 50 years old

Corneliu Porumboiu, born in 1975, Vaslui, Romania, became known in 2006 for his first feature, 12:08 EAST OF BUCHAREST, which won the Camera d'Or award at the Cannes Film Festival where it was shown in Directors' Fortnight. His subsequent films confirmed his talent as a storyteller and director.

Known For

8 titles
1
12:08 East of Bucharest

12:08 East of Bucharest

2006 · 1h 29m · Movie

A local talk show host organizes an alcoholic professor and a pensioner known for playing Santa Claus to decide whether there was ever a revolution in their town Vaslui.

7.3
2
The Whistlers

The Whistlers

2019 · 1h 37m · Movie

Not everything is as it seems for Cristi, a policeman who plays both sides of the law. Embarking with the beautiful Gilda on a high-stakes heist, both will have to navigate the twists and turns of corruption, treachery and deception.

6.3
3
Police, Adjective

Police, Adjective

2010 · 1h 53m · Movie

A police officer refuses to arrest a young man for offering drugs to his friends.

7.0
4
When Evening Falls on Bucharest or Metabolism

When Evening Falls on Bucharest or Metabolism

2013 · 1h 29m · Movie

During the production of his new movie, a director wants to add a scene to improve the film's narrative by emphasising the aesthetic of female nudity. Endless negotiations ensue between lunch and dinner. Can they conclude?

6.1
5
Boss

Boss

2023 · 2h 6m · Movie

It follows Bogdan, who takes part in an armed robbery with three men he barely knows. While fleeing the crime scene, he accidentally runs over a witness who ultimately dies. This will disrupt the very core of his moral being.

7.4
6
Infinite Football

Infinite Football

2018 · 1h 10m · Movie

They talk about the beautiful game, but for Laurentiu Ginghina, it's not enough. Football must be modified, streamlined, freed from restraints; corners are to be rounded off, players assigned to zones and subteams, norms revised. ...

6.4
7
The Unsaved

The Unsaved

2013 · 1h 20m · Movie

The Unsaved is a drama about about a Sancho Panza and not a Don Quijote. It's about the every day's non-hero facing circumstances and not adventures, it's about Viorel, a 25-year-old fledgling drug dealer, from a backwater little ...

6.7
8
The Second Game

The Second Game

2014 · 1h 37m · Movie

Filmmaker Corneliu Porumboiu discusses a snowy soccer match from 1988 with his father, who was the head referee for the game.

6.3
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