http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0326739/
Grand Prix du Jury Documentaire, Belfort 2001The Romanian town Sulina lies right in the no-man's-land of the Danube-delta, cut off from the rest of the world. Ten years after the fall of the communist regime the people here are worse off than ever. Sulina used to be a wealthy trade town. But with the decline of communism the economic connections petered out. The film portrays four of the region's inhabitants from three generations who just manage to get by. 25 year old Nicu tries to make a living as a fisherman. Together with a friend, he drags his boat across the pack ice even in the winter to get to his nets - always in danger of breaking through the ice. Ionut, 15, doesn't have a proper job. His father cannot take care of him, so he sets out to steal whatever he can find on the deserted ships from the Danube-fleet to sell it afterwards. The old married couple Varvara and Toni live from hand to mouth as peasants. There are regular arguments because Toni drinks too much and curses the new government while Varvara is left with all the work. Varvara tries to change her husband, using superstitious rituals.
The Romanian - German co-production, realized with CNC Romania support, was screeened in many international festivals, among them Berlinale, Rotterdam International Festival, and also at MoMA - New York.
Golden Olive, Kalamata International Documentary Festival 2001
Grand Jury Prize for Widescreen, IBC Amsterdam 2001
Silver Rembrandt for Documentary, IBC Amsterdam 2001
Mention speciale, Les ecrans documentaires, Paris 2002
http://www.romfilmpromotion.ro/awards_det.php?fi_id=50
This documentary really impressed me. As one imdb user said: "Good cruel stuff for a rainy day".
My rip from the DVD that ygreq upped on KG. English subs are hard-burned in the avi (they were that way on the DVD).Rip Specs:
File Name .............: Asta e.avi
File Size (in bytes) ..: 1,464,233,984 bytes
Runtime (# of frames) .: 01:28:15 ( frames)
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FPS ...................: 25.000
Video Bitrate .........: 2013 kb/s
Bits per Pixel ........: 0.259 bpp
B-VOP, N-VOP, QPel, GMC ......: [B-VOP]...[]...[]...[]
Audio Codec ...........: 0x2000(AC3, Dolby Laboratories, Inc) AC3
Sample Rate ...........: 48000 Hz
Audio bitrate .........: 192 kb/s [2 channel(s)] CBR audio
Interleave ............: 40 ms
No. of audio streams ..: 1
Asta e.avi 
