The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu
Directed by: Andrei Ujica
Romania/Germany | 180 minutes | Unrated
Screening | Friday, January 20, 2012, 7pm - 9pm |
Screening | Saturday, January 21, 2012, 7pm - 9pm |
Director Andrei Ujica poured over 1,000 hours of footage, including state propaganda, newsreels and home movies, to complete a film about the former Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. The resulting "avant-documentary" presents the story of Ceausescu's rise and fall as well as the history of the media manipulation that made it possible.
"Uses Soviet-era lies to uncover buried truths about its subject."
- Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
"The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu is all about created perception, and Ujica brilliantly manages to craft a film that is not just about a real character, but a formal reflection of its subject."
- Ian Buckwalter, DCist
Offical Selection Cannes and New York Film Festival, 2010
