Review of Tales from the Golden Age (2009) by Monster . — 10 Dec 2010
The movie shows, in a humorously way, how life was in Romania in Ceausescu's regime. All the parts are urban legends that run across the country at that time.
The movie has two parts, with six different stories directed by five different directors. First part is called "tovarasi, life is beautiful!".
Its first legend is the "Legend of the inspection", about the absurd requests that were made out of villages when the "Crown" would pass by. It is extremely funny and well-made.
The 2nd, "The legend of the photographer" follows the story of a digital developer who had to made Ceausescu look taller in his last photo, before posting in the "Scanteia" newspaper. Out of rush, they make a mistake. A big one.
The 3rd, "the legend of the passionate activist" tells the story of an activist who goes to teach reading and writing in villages, warning them about dangers they didn't even knew existed.
The 4th, "the legend of greedy militiaman" and the troubles its family went through to cut the pig before Christmas, in the middle of night, in a city. They eventually went for the child's idea, to gas it ...
The second part is made up of two other stories, "the air sellers", which is an interesting portrait of how many people made money back then, re-selling bottles. However, the last one "the chicken driver", I found quite boring and very slow-paced, definitely not as funny as the other ones. It was about how most of the workers survived by subtracting food from their daily job.
All in all, I find it a good movie, pleasant, funny and well-made.
This review of Tales from the Golden Age (2009) was written by Monster . on 10 Dec 2010.
Tales from the Golden Age has generally received positive reviews.
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