Zavera

Zavera (English: "Turmoil"[2]) is a 2019 Romanian drama film directed by Andrei Gruzsniczki, written by Gruzsniczki and Mircea Staiculescu, and produced by Saga Film. The plot follows Ștefan (played by Dorian Boguță), a construction engineer, who enters an existential crisis after his best friend and business partner Nic (played by Șerban Pavlu) dies in a bicycle accident. The film is subtitled "eight Gymnopédies" and is structured in eight days in the life of Ștefan after Nic's death.

Zavera
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAndrei Gruzsniczki
Screenplay by
  • Andrei Gruzsniczki
  • Mircea Staiculescu
Produced by
  • Georgiana Constantin
  • Alexandru Teodorescu
Starring
CinematographyTudor Vladimir Panduru
Edited byDana Bunescu
Music byCristian Lolea
Production
company
Saga Film
Release dates
  • 29 November 2019 (2019-11-29) (Romania)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryRomania
LanguageRomanian
Box office$1,670[1]

The writing of Zavera started in 2014 with a script development workshop organized by Sources 2 in Norway.[3] During the next three years, Gruzsniczki struggled to find producers for the film. The production started in 2018.[3] The initial idea for the film was to follow eight characters, but because of financial constraints it was reduced to only one.[3][4] The score contains two of Erik Satie's Gnossiennes, performed by the original music composer Cristian Lolea.[5]

The film premiered on November 23, 2019 at the Cairo International Film Festival[6] and was theatrically released in Romania on November 29, 2019.[7] It received two nominations at the 2020 Gopo Awards, Coca Bloos for Best Actress in a Supporting Role and Lolea for Best Original Music, but neither of them won.[8]

References
  1. "Zavera". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  2. "Andrei Gruzsniczki despre noul său lungmetraj, Zavera: "Am ținut foarte mult la rigoarea matematică a acestui proiect"". Suplimentul de cultură (in Romanian). 2019-12-02. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
  3. "INTERVIU - Cineastul Andrei Gruzsniczki, despre "Zavera": Se adresează în special celor care au trăit evenimentele din '89. Fiecare îşi face adevărul cum vrea". News.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  4. "CLIN D'OEIL | ANDREI GRUZSNICZKI: Despre absurdul care domină relația dintre om și sistem". www.zilesinopti.ro. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  5. "Andrei Gruzsniczki despre noul său lungmetraj, Zavera: "Am ținut foarte mult la rigoarea matematică a acestui proiect"". Suplimentul de cultură (in Romanian). 2019-12-02. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  6. "Filmul "Zavera", regizat de Andrei Gruzsniczki, are premiera mondială la Festivalul Internațional de Film de la Cairo". Forbes.ro (in Romanian). 2019-11-20. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  7. SA, Imedia Plus Group. "Zavera, de Andrei Gruzsniczki, de vineri în cinematografe". Cinemagia (in Romanian). Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  8. "Nominalizări Premiile Gopo 2020 – Premiile GOPO" (in Romanian). Retrieved 2020-08-26.


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