SHADOW OF A CLOUD DIRECTED BY RADU JUDE Romanian | Color | 1:1:85 | Dolby Digital | 30 min | 2013

Film crew in Cannes with the support of SYNOPSIS “My wretched life has passed like a deep sleep, like the shadow of a cloud, withering like a wildflower. And the joints of my limbs have begun to weaken, to twist and shake in my body. And my evil deeds have surpassed the countless grains of sand in the sea.” (fragment from a prayer)

DIRECTOR’S NOTE I don’t like to explain my intentions with this film and moreover I think that the film should speak for itself. I would rather quote one more time Ion Creanga, who wrote the following in the foreword of his first story volume, pub- lished in the second part of the 19th century: “Dear reader, you must have read a great many stupid stories in your life. Please read this one too and when you feel it’s not right, take your quill and reveal something better, ‘cause this is all I’m good at and this is all I was able to do.”

RADU JUDE

2012 Everybody in Our Family 2007 Alexandra (feature film) : director & writer (short film): director & writer World Premiere: Berlinale Forum Winner of the First Prize for Short Fiction – – Sarajevo IFF, Bayard d’Or du Oberhausen ISFF, Special Prize – Cottbus IFF Meilleur Film & Comedien – Namur IFF, Blue An- Selected in over 20 film festivals gel for Best Director & Male Performance – Art In the Morning Film Festival, Golden Pram for Best Feature – Za- (short film): director & writer greb IFF, Best Narrative Feature – Philandelphia Winner Best Short Film – Vukovar IFF IFF, FIPRESCI Award – Miskolc IFF, Grand Prix – CinEast IFF 2006 The Tube with a Hat 2011 Film for Friends (short film): director & co-writer (medium fiction film): director & writer Winner of Jury Prize in International Short Filmmaking – Sundance, Grand Prize for Short 2009 The Happiest Girl in the World Film – IndieLisboa IFF, Best Narrative Short (feature film): director & writer Film – Los Angeles IFF, Grand Prize – Cinema CICAE Award – Forum Berlinale, FIPRESCI Award Jove FF, Grand Prix – Montpellier IFF, Main – Sofia IFF & IndieLisboa IFF, Golden Tower – Pal- Prize – Cottbus IFF, Festival Grand Prize, ic European IFF, Award Cine-Ecole – ACID Pro- The Fondazione Mediterraneo Prize – Trieste gram Cannes IFF, Best Narrative Short – San Francisco IFF, Selected in over 60 film festival such as Toronto, The Silver Dragon – Krakow IFF, Romanian London BFI, Warsaw IFF, Thessaloniki IFF, Gote- Days Award – Transylvania IFF borg IFF, Hong Kong, etc. Selected in almost 100 film festivals. ALEXANDRU DABIJA 2009 A duel by A.P.Cehov, National Theatre 2008 Hotel room trilogy by Barry Gifford, Odeon Theatre A graduate of the National Film and Theatre University 2007 The Goat or who is Silvia by Ed. Albee, Act Theatre of Bucharest – Theatre Directing Department, Alexandru Ionesco – Five Sketches by E. Ionesco, Odeon Theatre Dabija has been directing plays at Odeon Theatre Bucha- The Nose by Gogol, National Theatre Radu Stanca rest since 1991. Acting in “Shadow of a Cloud” by Radu 2005 The Adventures of Dunno by N.Nosov, Odeon Theatre Jude was his first cinema acting experience. 2004 Leonce and lena by Georg Buchner, Odeon Theatre Three sisters by A.P.Cehov, Toma Caragiu Theatre 2003 Dust in your eyes by Eugene Labiche,State Theatre Oradea Krapp’s last tape by Samuel Beckett, Act Theatre Colonel and the birds by Hristo Boicev, National Theatre ȘERBAN PAVLU

A graduate of the National Film and Theatre University of Bucharest – Acting Department, Șerban Pavlu manages to combine his great love for the stage (he’s a member of one of the most prestigious theatre companies in Ro- mania, the L.S. Bulandra Theatre) with a cinema career spanning 15 years of both main and supporting roles.

2012 Everybody in our Family (d. Radu Jude) 2011 The Bear (d. Dan Chișu) The Phantom Father (d. Lucian Georgescu) 2009 The Happiest Girl in the World (d. Radu Jude) 2008 Silent Wedding (d. Horațiu Mălăele) 2006 Alexandra (short, d. Radu Jude) 2005 The Death of Mister Lăzărescu (d. ) 2003 Niki and Flo (d. Lucian Pintilie) 2001 The Afternoon of a Torturer (d. Lucian Pintilie) 1999 The Famous Paparazzo (d. Nicolae Mărgineanu) Face to Face (d. Marius Theodor Barna) 1998 Terminus Paradise (d. Lucian Pintilie) 1996 State of Things (d. Stere Gulea) FLORIN LĂZĂRESCU / Co-Writer Prose writer and screenwriter. His novel “Our Special Envoy” won second prize at the Grand Awards for East-European Literature in Frankfurt, 2006, and was published in German, French, Slovenian, Hungarian, Bulgarian & Italian. Co-writer of the screenplay for the short film “The Tube with a Hat”.

CĂTĂLIN CRISTUȚIU / Editor MARIUS PANDURU / Director of Photography Selected filmography: Selected filmography: 2012 Somewhere in Palilula (d. Silviu Purcărete) 2011 Loverboy (d. Cătălin Mitulescu) Everybody in our Family (d. Radu Jude) 2010 Outbound (d. Bogdan Apetri) 2011 Crulic – The Path To Beyond (d. Anca Damian) If I Want To Whistle, I Whistle (d. Florin Șerban) 2010 If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle (d.Florin Șerban) 2009 Police, Adjective (d. Corneliu Porumboiu) 2009 Medal of Honor (d. Călin Peter Netzer) The Happiest Girl in the World (d. Radu Jude) The Happiest Girl in the World (d. Radu Jude) 2007 The Rest is Silence (d. Nae Caranfil) 2007 California Dreamin’ (d. Cristian Nemescu) 2006 The Tube with a Hat (short, d. Radu Jude) Marilena from P7 (med.feat.,d. Cristian Nemescu)

AUGUSTINA STANCIU DANA BUNESCU / Sound designer Art Director & Costume Designer Selected filmography: Selected filmography: 2012 Beyond the Hills (d. Cristian Mungiu) 2012 Everybody in our Family (d. Radu Jude) Everybody in our Family (d. Radu Jude) 2011 Loverboy (d. Cătălin Mitulescu) 2010 The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceaușescu(d.Andrei Ujică) 2010 If I Want To Whistle, I Whistle (d.Florin Șerban) 2009 Tales from the Golden Age (d. Cristian Mungiu) 2009 The Happiest Girl in the World (d. Radu Jude) 2007 California Dreamin’ (d. Cristian Nemescu) 2006 The Tube with a Hat (short, d. Radu Jude) 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days(d. Cristian Mungiu) 2006 Love Sick (d. Tudor Giurgiu) 2005 The Death of Mr. Lăzărescu (d. Cristi Puiu) 2004 Great Communist Bank Robbery (d.Alexandru Solomon) Cigarettes and Coffee (short, d. Cristi Puiu) ADA SOLOMON / Producer Working constantly with Radu Jude, Ada Solomon produced his previous films Everybody in our Family and The Happiest Girl in the World, his multi-awarded shorts Alexandra and The Tube with a Hat and is currently in development with his 3rd feature Aferim!.

Selected filmography: 2009 Medal of Honor (d. Călin Peter Netzer) 2013 Child’s Pose (d. Călin Peter Netzer) First of all, Felicia (d. Răzvan Rădulescu & Melissa 2012 A Month in Thailand (d. Paul Negoescu) de Raaf) 2011 Best Intentions (d. Adrian Sitaru) Renovation (short, d. Paul Negoescu) 2010 Principles of Life (d. Constantin Popescu) 2008 Mar Nero (d. Federico Bondi) Kapitalism: Our Improved Formula (d. Alexandru 2007 Cold Waves (d. Alexandru Solomon) Solomon) 2006 Marilena from P7 (med.feat.,d. Cristian Nemescu)

CAST CREW

Alexandru DABIJA Florin Florescu Directed by: Radu JUDE Șerban PAVLU Cornel Written by: Radu JUDE Mihaela SÎRBU Eugenia Florin LĂZĂRESCU Olga Taisia PODARU Mrs. Pietreanu Director of Photography: Marius PANDURU Gabriel SPAHIU Priest Editing: Cătălin F. CRISTUȚIU Adina CRISTESCU Mrs. Forminte Sound designer: Dana BUNESCU Marilena CHELARU a woman Art director & Costumes: Augustina STANCIU Mihaela Alexandra ANTON Elena Make up: Bianca BOERIU Silviu MIRCESCU Funeral man Producer: Ada SOLOMON

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