The Dead Nation

The Dead Nation

The Dead Nation

2017, Romania, 83', Radu Jude

Synopsis

The Dead Nation is a documentary-essay, which shows a stunning collection of photographs from a Romanian small town in the 1930’s and 1940’s. The soundtrack, composed mostly from excerpts taken from the diary of a Jewish doctor from the same era, shows us what the photographs do not: the rising of the anti-Semitism and eventually a harrowing depiction of the Romanian Holocaust, a topic which is not very talked about in the contemporary Romanian society.

“The Hollywood Reporter”

IDFA Film Review: The Dead Nation  – “Variety”

The Dead Nation: The truth about the Romanian Holocaust – “Cineuropa”

Transylvania International Film Festival Cluj-Napoca, Romania 2017 - World Premiere; Locarno Film Festival 2017 - International Premiere; IDFA 2017 - Official Selection; Mar Del Plata Film Festival - Official Selection 2017; Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur 2017; Haifa International Film Festival  2017; BFI London Film Festival 2017; Viennale 2017; Hong Kong IFF 2018; Ljubljana Documentary Film Festival 2018; Thessaloniki International Documentary Film Festival 2018; Las Palmas Int Film Festival 2018; IndieLisboa 2018; GoEast 2018; Olhar de Cinema – Curitiba Int'l Film Festival 2018; Midnight Sun Film Festival 2018
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