At Christmas-time, we took our ration of freedom
( De Crăciun ne-am luat rația de libertate )
Cornel Mihalache, Cătălina Fernoagă
1990 - Roumanie - Couleur et Noir & Blanc - 18'
Photography : Alexandru Spataru
Sound : Andrei Bretz
Editing : Teodora Apolozan
Production : Sahia Film
Distribution : Cornel Mihalache (cornelmihalache@yahoo.com)
Cornel Mihalache, Cătălina Fernoagă
1990 - Roumanie - Couleur et Noir & Blanc - 18'
This was written in the center 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 tooth paste, or cotton wool, or eggs!
Photography : Alexandru Spataru
Sound : Andrei Bretz
Editing : Teodora Apolozan
Production : Sahia Film
Distribution : Cornel Mihalache (cornelmihalache@yahoo.com)