Şerban Ionescu

Humility (2011)

In a forgotten village with lazy people and corrupt leadership, Pacoste must suffer for a mistake made in his past. His only friend is a young boy who finds in him a father figure. ...

Beyond America (2008)

Under an Eastern European totalitarian regime, a prominent dissident writer survives repression by resuming a submissive sexual relationship with her former lover. After their split-up years ago, he had joined the Secret Police in order just to take her ba ...

Happy End (2006)

Păcală se întoarce (2006)

Păcală, a young man without too many expectations from life, is tired of wandering around the world and driven by the longing for his parental home he decides to return to his homeland, from somewhere "outside" - a timeless space located outside the bord ...

15 (2005)

A love story that happens in the background Revolution in Timișoara. ...

The Timișoara Syndrome (2004)

A perspective on the Romanian revolution which started in Timișoara. ...

Maria (2003)

When a child steals candles from the cemetery, in order to provide some light means for his family sheltered into a damp basement of a block of flats, this circumstance can say a lot about the sufferance imposed by transition period of time in Romania. Thi ...

Tandrețea lăcustelor (2002)

Corrupt ex-communist politicians in 90s Romania rule the country, with younger politicians vying to take their place. ...

Face to Face (1999)

A protest writer, the glory of dissidence, learns that her husband was a Securitate informer for 20 years. Press and TV make the story the headline of the day. In 24 hellish hours, the couple re-evaluate their lives to decide how and if they can go on. ...

Fii cu ochii pe fericire (1999)

A 20 year class reunion, at Snagov, in a villa that belonged to Ceaușescu and now melongs to a media magnate. The reunion is hijacked by a magnatețs son, who makes it into a talk show, in which he humiliates an expat. ...

Meurtres par procuration (1995)

Lionel suffers from severe memory loss as a result of an accident. Inspector Corona accuses him of the brutal murder of a law student with whom he had a relationship. ...

Mirror (1994)

Depicts Romania during World War II, focusing on the Royal Coup that toppled Ion Antonescu, the Axis-allied Conducător and authoritarian Prime Minister. Focused around the August 23rd 1944 coup against Marshal Antonescu, the movie also tackles other topic ...

Attack in the Library (1993)

Andrei Mladin, a young investigative reporter, is set up for two murders by a criminal that he brought to justice earlier. ...

Love and Warm Water (1992)

Angela (Liliana Pană) and Dorina (Magda Catone), working at the Match Factory, live in the home and dream of marriage and spouses to give them a decent living. But the illusions are shattered when the men encountered prove their lack of character: Titi (t ...

Red Rats (1991)

Stunt coordinator Stefan is forced out of the Institute of Fine Arts for voicing anti-regime views, is pursued and interrogated by the Securitate, and suffers the loss of his friend Stavros during the 1977 earthquake rescue. After illegally emigrating, he ...

Proud Heritage (1989)

After 1394 King Mircea the Elder, ruler of Wallachia, ponders the eventual consequences of a military alliance with the Poles versus one with the Turks. ...

The Miracle (1988)

An agronomist manages to irrigate and stabilize some sand dunes in southern Romania. ...

Missing Witnesses (1988)

At the end of XIX century, Romania, A boyar tries to send a trunk full of jewels to his daughter abroad. Only that the trunk doesn't make the trip, so the daughter comes in the country to recover it, enlisting the help of some outlaws. ...

The Forest Woman (1987)

Busuioc (Victor Rebengiuc), un taran bogat din Curtici isi trimite fiul Iorgovan (Adrian Pintea), impreuna cu servitorul Sofron (Serban Ionescu) in satul vecin pentru a gasi oameni la munca campului. Iorgovan este indragostit de Simina (Manuela Harabor), f ...

Bătălia din umbră (1986)

In WWI a group of Romanian soldiers from Transylvania desert the german army and consitute a resistance commando group. ...

Home (1985)

A peasant went to work in constructions for a few years in Bucharest. He's thinking of returning home, but only after overturning his father's unfair sentence. ...

Furtună în Pacific (1985)

Ship "Saturn" prepares to return home from the American west coast. The ship is damaged at a very bad time, when a severe storm comes their way, they loose propulsion. The currents are pulling them towards a rocky island and they must try the impossible to ...

Horea (1984)

In 18th-century Transylvania, peasants rise against oppressive nobles under the leadership of Horea, Cloșca, and Crișan. Hoping for justice, Horea seeks support from Emperor Joseph II, but as tensions grow, the rebellion turns into a harsh struggle for f ...

The Impossible Love (1984)

Calin Surupaceanu is a simple boy, convinced by the engineer Dan to accompany him in building a new city. Along the way, he meets his future wife and subsequently source of unrest and rebellion against fate. The movie is based on a novel by Marin Preda cal ...

Mercenaries' Trap (1982)

The movie is based on a true story from the end of WWI, in Transylvania. A nobleman who owned some land in Transylvania returns home to find a part of his fortune burned to ashes during late 1918 when power was trasfered from AustroHungary to Romania. Look ...

Burebista (1980)

The life of Dacian war-leader Burebista who ruled between 80-44 B.C.and founded a strong Dacian Kingdom despite considerable pressure from the neighboring Celtic warlords and the Greek cities of the Black Sea coast. ...

Ion: The Lust for the Land, the Lust for Love (1980)

Jon, a young peasant love more "the land" than his engaged girlhood, Florica.Just when Ion thinks he has become master of his own land, he realizes that he has betrayed his heart, and that he is still in love with Florica, not with his wife. It is the curs ...

This Above All (1978)

Docu-drama about the earthquake in Romania, on March 4, 1977. In 1978 it was broadcast only in select cities in Romania for 1 week, being deemed "too harsh" by the government. ...