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À Noël nous avons pris notre "ration" de liberté
( De Craciun ne-am luat ratia de libertate )
Cornel Mihalache, Catalina Fernoaga
1990 - 18 min - 35 mm - Couleur et Noir & Blanc - Roumanie
Author-Director : Cornel Mihalache, Catalina Fernoaga
Photography : Alexandru Spataru
Sound : Andrei Bretz
Editing : Teodora Apolozan
Delegate Producer : Sahia Film
( De Craciun ne-am luat ratia de libertate )
Cornel Mihalache, Catalina Fernoaga
1990 - 18 min - 35 mm - Couleur et Noir & Blanc - Roumanie
"At Christmas-time, we took our ration of freedom"
This was written in the centre of Bucharest during the last days of 1989. It means: At Christmas-time, we took our ration of freedom. It’s a most eloquent phrase. There are two key words in this phrase: ration and freedom. Remember the word "ration"?
Mostly everything was rationalized, from hot water to food, even bread for the small communities. Since Bucharest is a big town, they could not provide the rations for everyone, so here it was the survival of the fittest. The stores were most of the time completely empty. The joy to be able, after long hours of queuing, to buy flour, or toothpaste, or cotton wool, or eggs! (Cornel Mihalache)
Author-Director : Cornel Mihalache, Catalina Fernoaga
Photography : Alexandru Spataru
Sound : Andrei Bretz
Editing : Teodora Apolozan
Delegate Producer : Sahia Film