Director and cinematographer

Angor Pectoris

Genre Documentary Language French/Romanian Length 29’ Format 1:66-HD Country Switzerland-Romania Released 2019 Contact Sophie Dascal | sophie.dascal@gmail.com | +41 78 759 39 96

 

*META Cultural Foundation Award – Visions du Réel

*21e FILMAR en America Latina, 15 november-1 december 2019

*ASTRA Film Festival, Sibiu International Film Festival, section DOCSCHOOL 2019, 14-20 october 2019.

*50e Visions du Réel Festival international de cinéma Nyon, section Opening Scènes, 5-13 april 2019

Mixing images of contemporary Romania, archive films and the fascinating files of the Romanian secret services compiled during the Cold War, Sophie Dascal draws a mixed portrait of her mysterious grandfather; sketching out a wider reflection on identity, memory and the transmission of the traumas originating out of a totalitarian political regime.