Field Recordings Day 3 – Soldiers. Story from Ferentari

The screening includes an in-person Q&A with Ivana Mladenović. For more on the work and its maker, visit www.fieldrecordings.org.

Soldiers. Story from Ferentari
by Ivana Mladenović, 119 min, digital video, Romania, 2017, Romanian and Roma with English subtitles
Soldiers. Story from Ferentari depicts a gay love story in Ferentari, a run-down neighbourhood in Bucharest largely inhabited by the Roma community. Adi, an introverted anthropologist, comes to live in the area to research Roma pop music, manele, and meets Alberto, a local with a criminal past. Based on a semi-autobiographical book by Adrian Schiop, who also plays the lead, and populated by non-professional actors, the film is strongly rooted in documentary approaches while pursuing a clear fictional storyline.