
Birthday:
05-01-1962
(62 years)
Birthplace:
Bucharest, Romania
Biography
A Romanian film and stage actress, described by Florin Mitu of AMOS News as "a symbol of Romanian theater and film". In the English-speaking world, she is probably best known for the role of Mary, the mother of Jesus, in Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ. In Romania, she has been nationally known since her 1992 role as Nela in Balanţa, a film known in the United States as The Oak, set during the waning days of Communist Romania.
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The Passion of the Christ
Act like Maria
event2004 star_border 7.5
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A graphic portrayal of the last twelve hours of Jesus of Nazareth's life.
Ulysses' Gaze
Act like Ulysses' Wives
event1995 star_border 7.4
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An exiled filmmaker finally returns to his home country where former mysteries and afflictions of his early life come back to haunt him once more.
Damen tango
Act like Alexandra
event2004 star_border 7
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Nothing seems to threaten the quiet and happy life of Alexandra and Mircea, a couple who's both admired and envied: love, successful careers, and wealth. And nothing seems to ever threaten the very special relation between a renowned university teacher and one her most gifted student, Alexandra and Corina: two women, two friends who, against the age gap, share the same goals, the same interests. Even the same love interests. Until one day, when the sensibility is stronger than the reason. And all of a sudden, everything that seemed certain, such as friendship, loyalty, love and devotion, turns into a terrible hate.
Betrayal
Act like Maia Morgenstern
event1993 star_border 6.6
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After the war, in Bucharest, a young Romanian poet arrested for having written an article denouncing Stalinist crimes, will save his life by accepting to become a hostage of the regime.
Kidnapped in Romania
Act like Daniela
event2016 star_border 3.5
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A couple of Italo-American journalists go missing during their work assignment in Romania.
The Oak
Act like Nela
event1992 star_border 6.6
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A description of Romania before Ceausescu's downfall, through the story of Nela. Daughter of a former colonel of the Securitate, the romanian political police. She refused to become as her sister, an agent of this Securitate, and lives with her father. After he died, she leaves Bucharest, and ends up in a little town, where she meets Mitica, a surgeon, another herself, laughing of everything.
Eva
Act like Maria
event2010 star_border 6.2
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Eva meets Tudor on the day of her 16th birthday. It is Tudor who is to make her feel whole as a woman. He becomes for her a source of both love and suffering through his constant mysterious departures and reappearances.
The Big Question
Act like Self
event2004 star_border 7.1
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Although it was shot on the set of director Mel Gibson's controversial epic The Passion of the Christ, this thought-provoking documentary is not about the making of the movie. Rather, filmmakers Francesco Cabras and Alberto Molinari delve into the nature of divinity and spiritual beliefs through revealing interviews with Gibson and members of his cast and crew -- including stars Jim Caviezel and Monica Bellucci.
15
Act like Irene
event2005 star_border 5
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A love story that happens in the background Revolution in Timișoara.
The End of Silence
Act like Anne
event2011 star_border 5.2
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Centers on the Klein family, who live in a remote house in the mountains. Considered the black sheep, youngest son Jean is thrown out. Angry and threatening, he arrives at Nils and Ida's chalet for a hunting expedition. The next day, he learns how to kill. The following night, his mother's car is set on fire and he is blamed. He disappears into the mountains with a gun. On the third day, it pours down with rain and, in the evening, a storm brews. Shut up in their house, the Klein family await with dread the return of Jean, who will challenge them, weapon in hand.
The Seventh Room
Act like Edith Stein
event1996 star_border 6.5
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An expressionist biography of Edith Stein, who converted from the Jewish faith to the Catholic one and became a Carmelite sister. She would die in a German concentration camp.
The Man Without a Lifeline
event2023 star_border 8
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The invention of the first modern robot for table tennis training turns Ionel Sporea into a star in the world of Romanian sports. A trip to Moscow, however, ends with a harsh sentence: 12 years in prison for treason. Who is to blame: destiny, the Ceausescu regime, or himself?
Earth's Most Beloved Son
Act like Matilda
event1993 star_border 7
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The life-story confession of a prisoner waiting for his trial. Victor Petrini, a promising intellectual in the 1950s and a lecturer in Philosophy is arrested by the repressive secret police, wrongly accused of espionage, and sentenced to prison and forced labor.
The Green Moon
Act like Simona
event2010 star_border 6.8
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Contemporary story of young people in search of happiness which one imagines coming from unseen meetings with people "hooked" on the Internet, the acquisition of works of art, from driving a luxury car in psychedelic music, theater, of money, for love.
A House in Kosovo
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A Swedish guy, who grew up on the streets, becomes a successful business man, only in risk all he's built, to rescue a young Romanian girl he had wanted to adopt, from being organ harvested.
Miss Christina
Act like Mrs. Moscu
event2013 star_border 7.3
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The film is an adaptation of the well known short story "Miss Christina" by Mircea Eliade. Moscu arrived at the mansion with his girlfriend, Sanda, the young artist Egor Paşchievici notes that her entire family worships Miss Christina, her aunt murdered in unclear circumstances when she was just 20 years old, during the riots of 1907. Egor is inexplicably drawn into a portrait of Miss Christina and begins to dream. Soon, however, the boundary between dream and reality is blurred and Miss Christina, love Egor, is brought back to life through occult rituals even by her family. When realized, however, that life is in danger Egor Sanda decides to fight the ghost.
Bed of Procust
Act like Doamna T
event2001 star_border 6.2
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The poet and journalist Ladima commits suicide and his friend, Fred Vasilescu, tries to find out the reasons of those actions. In his search he discovers a mysterious Miss T.
Fata din Transilvania
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Somewhere in the heart of Transylvania, in remote villages, odd traditions are still present. When a young man traveling to Sibiu for a business meeting makes a wrong turn and gets lost, a surprising chain of events changes his path.
Chained Justice
Act like Floraea
event1984 star_border 7.3
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Inspired by true events, "Dreptate în lanturi" is a rough and poetic film, whose action is placed at the beginning of the last century. The movie sheds light on a Romanian peasant who fights against social injustice.
The Goat and Her Three Kids
Act like Goat
event2022 star_border 7.1
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Secluded from the world, a single mother of three must defend what's left of her family from a cold-blooded killer, at all costs.
Mihai Viteazul: Prințul intrat în legenda Europei
event2022 star_border 9
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Voivode Michael the Brave travels through time, together with his wife, discovering, deeply touched, the new world.
The Secret of Bacchus
Act like Coca
event1984 star_border 7.4
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Victor, an incisive journalist, discovers a series of irregularities in a State farming enterprise. His investigations will unmask the fraud committed by the person in charge of the wine section, called Bachus. Although aided by an impressive number of cronies, Bachus will not be able to hide forever infamous secret.
Terezín
event2023 star_border 6.7
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The story of Antonio, an Italian clarinetist, and Martina, a Czech violinist, who fall in love with each other during the World War II, in Prague.
Fool's Song
Act like Gina
event2003
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The story is about Zoltán Frimont, who is a young French doctor of Hungarian origin. He is on a mission in Romania with his wife, who is also a doctor, when he collapses unexpectedly, and finds himself at a psychiatric institution in Transylvania.
Doar amintirile...
event1989
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Short university film.
The Resurrection of the Christ: Part II
Act like Mary
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Unconfirmed second part of a potential two-part story.
Orient Express
Act like Amalia Frunzetti
event2004 star_border 5.6
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At an old age, prince Andrei Morudzi retreats to his castle in Romania, during the two world wars, after having lead an eventful youth. There he is seen upon as a rare bird by the local folk, due to his strange attitude towards life and his exquisit manners, which don't fit in the way of life of the villagers. But, in the end, despite trying to distance himself from the local people, he can't but influence their humble existences.
Like Girls
Act like Silvia
event2024
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Best friends Silvia, Cela and Rozana try new things after they discover Sivlia's husband cheating on her.
Mail life
Act like Mother
event1995
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The father, in the USA, films his life on tapes for his family in Romania to watch. The mother and the child, in Romania, watch the tapes and film themselves for the father.
End of study movie.
High Strung
Act like Markova
event2016 star_border 7.1
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When a hip hop violinist busking in the New York subway encounters a classical dancer on scholarship at the Manhattan Conservatory of the Arts, sparks fly. With the help of a hip hop dance crew they must find a common ground while preparing for a competition that could change their lives forever.
The Witman Boys
Act like Mrs. Witman
event1997 star_border 5.2
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Turn-of-the-century Hungary. Two young brothers, neglected by their cold and uncaring mother, descend deeper and deeper into psychosis, with tragic consequences.
The Crucifixion
Act like Dr. Funar
event2017 star_border 5.7
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When a priest is jailed for the murder of a nun on whom he was performing an exorcism, an investigative journalist strives to determine whether he in fact murdered a mentally ill person, or if he lost the battle with a demonic presence.
Revival
Act like Araksi Arakelian
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In 2020, when a French robotics student investigates his mother's guarded secret about his true Armenian identity, he jeopardizes his university AI competition to travel to Artsakh and gets entangled in an unexpected full-scale war where he must rely on the evolving consciousness of his AI creation to save his life and learn the truth.
Mansfeld
Act like Mrs. Mansfeld
event2006 star_border 7
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At 15 he and his family became victims of state terror. At 16 he became a freedom fighter to participate in the 1956 Revolution against Soviet oppression. At 17 he is betrayed and arrested by the dreaded Secret Police (AVH). Now he has to spend the remainder of his life in a political prison, called Hell's Hallway, to reach the legal age of 18 before his death penalty can be carried out. Peter Mansfeld was 18 when he was unjustly executed by the totalitarian regime of Hungary. Today he is remembered as one of the national heroes of Hungary.
Rose's Songs
Act like Olga
event2003 star_border 6.3
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Autumn 1944. Yellow star, ghettos, Arrow Cross terror. The inhabitants of Hungary's capital, Budapest, await the tragic fulfilment of their fate with helpless resignation. However, above one of the city's villas, once a week in the evening the stars of hope sparkle, if only for a few minutes. This short time gives fresh heart to those hiding here and kindles hope in their tortured souls to live for another day. This mysterious power is none other than a beautiful song that can be heard at such times from the villa's tower room.
Exodus to Shanghai
Act like Mrs. Morgenstern
event2015 star_border 3.3
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Exodus to Shanghai tells the story of two lovers who have to escape from Vienna to China after Dr. Ho, the Chinese Consul in Vienna in 1938, issued Exit Visas to many Jews against the instruction of his superiors. Fannia, a New York Jewish Violin student, falls in love with the Consul's nephew Bruce. Together they must leave Vienna as the Gestapo is chasing them to get the Jews and Hitler's painting.
Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula
Act like Woman at Fountain
event2000 star_border 6.3
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Meet the man behind the legend in this true story of Vlad the Impaler, whose vicious and cruel reputation as a bloodthirsty warlord became the basis for the myth of Dracula.
The Bra
Act like Fidan
event2019 star_border 6
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Train driver Nurlan’s heading to Baku for the last time before retirement, but on his fateful journey around the neighborhoods of the city his train snags a blue bra off a washing line. To escape from his lonely existence, Nurlan embarks on the most adventurous journey of his life: to find the owner of this perky piece of underwear. He rents a small room in Baku and begins his quest to find his “Cinderella”.
What About Love
Act like Sister Martina
event2024
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Two young lovers change the lives of their parents forever when the parents learn from the joyful experience of their kids, and allow themselves to again find their love.
The Death Triangle
Act like Regina Maria
event1999 star_border 5
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The Romanian army faces the German army in the epic battles of Marasti, Marasesti and Oituz, marking a turning point in World War 1.
L'homme pressé
Act like Bonne de Bois de Rose
event2005 star_border 4
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An antiques dealer misses out on some of life's pleasures because of his obsession with doing everything fast.
The Season of Love
event1987 star_border 6.4
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The action of the movie take place in a factory and presents the conflicts between one engineer and some young workers.
Fault Condition
Act like Dr. Salid Blumberg
event2018 star_border 8
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Melania, a 15 years old high school student gets pregnant with Emi, a classmate. Melania does not tell anyone she's pregnant, Not even to Emi, or to her parents. The situation is extremely complicated because Emi's mother is the director of the high school where the two lovers study, and Melania's mother is secretary at the same high school. In the fifth month of pregnancy, Melania faints during class hours. She is urgently taken to the hospital by her mother who finds her daughter is 5 months pregnant so it's too late for an abortion. Melanie's mother is forced to tell the truth to Emi's mother. Emi's mother forces Melania's mother to promise to keep the pregnancy secret to everyone, even to Emi. Minor's mothers separates the two lovers and decide to give the baby up for adoption to a family of Romanians living abroad who don't have the right to legally adopt a child from Romania.
The Resurrection of the Christ
Act like Mary
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A sequel to The Passion of the Christ, focusing on the events that occurred in the three days between the crucifixion and resurrection, when Jesus Christ descended to Abraham's Bosom to preach and resurrect Old Testament saints.
Isha
Act like Mother
event2019 star_border 5
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Rahmi, a Romanian immigrant living in England, creates a new life for himself while trying to keep up appearances with his Muslim family. This moving, evocative drama costars renowned Romanian actress Maia Morgenstern and Game of Thrones’ Lino Facioli alongside newcomer Hora Savescu as Rahmi.
Forgotten by God
event1990 star_border 5.3
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The survivor of a cursed family seeks revenge on the lover who jilted her.
Margo
event2006 star_border 5.9
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Being forced into prostitution by her father, she finds solace in her friends and her journal.
Nostradamus
Act like Helen
event1994 star_border 5.7
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A dramatic retelling of the life of Michel de Nostredame, from his early work as a plague doctor to his time at the court of Catherine de Medici, after he became famed for his prophetic almanacs. Stars Rutger Hauer and Julia Ormond.
Maria and the Sea
Act like Maria
event1988 star_border 6.3
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The wife of a sea captain has a tough time being alone without her husband which is in a long trip.
Prea cald pentru luna mai
Act like Dorina
event1984 star_border 6.5
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At a party, the class valedictorian gravely injures a passer by with some saucers thrown through the window. Characters are tested by what follows.
Those Who Pay with Their Lives
Act like Maria Sineşti
event1989 star_border 5
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An uncompromising journalist obsessed with the idea of absolute justice ends up committing suicide after reading his father's biography. Based on three novels by Camil Petrescu.
Casa din vis
Act like Vica
event1992 star_border 6
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Căpălău, a peasant in a village near Brăila, tries to keep up with the turns of life. Based on "Ningea în Bărăgan” novel by Fănuș Neagu.
Lucania
Act like Argenzia
event2019 star_border 5.5
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An ancient dying land is brought back to life by the primal force of a young mute girl, who witnesses the fatal clash between two fathers.
Carmen
Act like Dr. Janos
event2013 star_border 7
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In a small village close to the mountains, Mariana and Puiu are a young family with two children: Carmen and Mircea. One morning, the mother and the ten year-old daughter leave for Bucharest, having a hospital as their destination. One doctor alone, Sitaru, believes that Carmen, who can no longer smile, stands any chances at survival. He believes he can perform a miracle and save Carmen's life. Struggling for her daughter, abandoned by almost everybody she trusted, Mariana discovers she is pregnant. After dr. Sitaru operates on the little girl, in a risky manner, Carmen begins to feel increasingly worse. Without any hope, Mariana leaves the hospital and rushes to take Carmen home: while one life ends, another one begins to flicker.
Far from Here
Act like Donna
event2017 star_border 6.4
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A young couple struggles to keep their marriage afloat in a foreign country.
The Goat and Her Three Kids
Act like Capra
event2019 star_border 7
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Secluded from the world, a single mother of three has to defend that what's left of her family, at all cost, from a cold blooded killer. Based on one of the best known Romanian fairy tales (The Goat and Her Three Kids by Ion Creanga), this short film aims to unveil the true nature of the famed bed time story and to treat the audience to a different perspective, one that offers a glimpse at what the tragedy actually looks like beyond the happy songs and colorful characters.
The New Gospel
Act like Mother Mary
event2020 star_border 7
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What would Jesus preach in the 21st century? Who would his disciples be? And how would today's society respond to the return of the Son of God? With The New Gospel, Milo Rau is staging a "Revolt of Dignity". Led by political activist Yvan Sagnet, the movement is fighting for the rights of migrants who came to Europe across the Mediterranean to be enslaved on the tomato fields in southern Italy and to live in ghettos under inhumane conditions.
Black Sea
Act like Madalina
event2009 star_border 6.4
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It depicts the relationship between an elderly woman and her caregiver.
Boys On Film 20: Heaven Can Wait
Act like Mother (segment "Isha")
event2020 star_border 3.5
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On the cusp of adulthood, the world's longest running gay short film series is only getting started. Boys On Film 20: Heaven Can Wait includes eleven complete films: Bassem Ben Brahim's animated "Chromophobia"; Jimi Vall Peterson's "Sleepover" starring Hjalmar Hardestam and Simon Eriksson; Mickey Jones's "Just Me" starring Philip Olivier and Carl Loughlin; Matthew Jacobs Morgan's "Mine" starring Joshua McGuire and John Macmillan; Dale John Allen's "Don't Blame Jack" starring Jordan Tweddle and Kane Surry; Timothy Ryan Hickernell's "Foreign Lovers" co-starring Lucio Nieto; Layke Anderson's "Mankind" starring Ricky Nixon and Alexis Gregory; Christopher Manning's "Isha" starring Horia Săvescu and Dario Coates; Jay Russell's "ruok" starring Peter Mark Kendall, Zachary Booth, and Sydney James Harcourt; Chintis Lundgren's animated "Manivald"; and Zoe McIntosh's "The World In Your Window" starring Joe Folau and David Lolofakangalo Rounds.
Rusalka
event2024
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Five old friends spend a few days together in the resort they used to go in their youth. One of them will bring news that will perturb their holiday.
Las Fierbinţi
Act like Rapidoaica (14 ep.)
event2012 star_border 8.1
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A rural comedy where the intrigues caused by the upcoming elections in a small village give rise to a ridiculous war between the mayor and deputy mayor. Unfortunately, they have no clue that their struggle will prove to be in vain at the end of the election day.
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