Series Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology Student Film
Director Ilinca Calugareanu
Country/Production UK
Release 2008
Length 32 mins
Format Colour / DVD / PAL / All region
Location Romania / Europe
Ethnic Group Romanian
Collection GCVA, School of Social Sciences, The University of Manchester
University School of Social Sciences, The University of Manchester
Order No RAI-200.3089
Sale Info See Film Prices Student and Staff Films from the GCVA
Hire Info Not for hire
The film follows a day in the life of Cluj-Napoca, a city in Transylvania, focusing on the way the lives of the three main characters - Valer, an 85 year old retired colonel, Daria, an 89 year old retired Russian language teacher and Inocentiu, a 67 year old retired driver and ardent chess player - intertwine as the day evolves from sunrise to sunset. ‘Endgames’ is an exploration of memory, the experience of time and of old age, in the post- communist context of Romania.
