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}}'''''Beside me''''' (original title in [[Romanian language|Romanian]]: ''Coborâm la prima''''')''' is |
}}'''''Beside me''''' (original title in [[Romanian language|Romanian]]: ''Coborâm la prima''''')''' is a 2018 independent Romanian movie, directed by [[Tedy Necula]]. <!-- wikilinks even if red --><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-02-26 |title=Tedy Necula, regizorul cu tetrapareză, care câștigă 250.000 de euro pe an |url=https://www.wall-street.ro/articol/Careers/252798/tedy-necula-regizorul-cu-tetrapareza-care-castiga-250-000-de-euro-pe-an.html |access-date=2022-06-12 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226015433/https://www.wall-street.ro/articol/Careers/252798/tedy-necula-regizorul-cu-tetrapareza-care-castiga-250-000-de-euro-pe-an.html |archive-date=26 February 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The plot takes place one day after the [[Colectiv nightclub fire]] in a metro car that is stuck between two metro stations. The movie was shot partially in a metro car and the rest in a built set, in [[Bucharest]]. It was released in Romanian theaters on October 26, 2018. On Cinemagia, the box office is 53.828,67 USD.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-02-26 |title=Coborâm la prima - Coborâm la prima (2018) - Film - CineMagia.ro |url=https://www.cinemagia.ro/filme/coboram-la-prima-2068703/ |access-date=2022-06-14 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226141734/https://www.cinemagia.ro/filme/coboram-la-prima-2068703/ |archive-date=26 February 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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== Plot == |
== Plot == |
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In the morning after the Colectiv club fire, several strangers remain blocked in the metro between two subway stations. The metro contains people dealing with personal issues, on top of which is added the tragedy of the Colectiv disaster. At a certain point, they start communicating and sharing their problems with each other. To tell the story of the movie is to tell the stories of the characters. There is no main character in this film. Each and every story has its purpose and tries to deal with current issues in Romanian society. As such, we have: |
In the morning after the Colectiv club fire, several strangers remain blocked in the metro between two subway stations. The metro contains people dealing with personal issues, on top of which is added the tragedy of the Colectiv disaster. At a certain point, they start communicating and sharing their problems with each other. To tell the story of the movie is to tell the stories of the characters. There is no main character in this film. Each and every story has its purpose and tries to deal with current issues in Romanian society. As such, we have: |
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* a Moldavian middle-aged woman who has been searching for a relationship |
* a Moldavian middle-aged woman who has been searching for a relationship. She befriends the businessman in the metro and starts flirting with him |
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* a dysfunctional couple that has money trouble and try to reconcile in the metro. |
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* a dysfunctional couple that has money trouble. They try to reconcile in the metro. In addition, at the start of the movie the husband has his wallet stolen which contained most of their money. They are played by Adrian Paduraru and Teodora Mares, which is a commemoration of the movie ''Confessions of Love'' (''Declarație de dragoste''), <!-- by who? -->where they played together<ref name=":0" /> |
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* a man newly released from the prison that has a connection with a mother with a handicapped child. |
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* a man newly released from the prison that has a connection with a mother with a handicapped child. He is extremely kind to the child, but after the mother finds out that he is an ex-prisoner she decides to not talk to him anymore. During the movie, we find out that the man was in prison for something he did not commit so the mother realizes that she shouldn`t judge a book by its cover. Moreover, at the end of the movie, it is revealed that she was the one who stole the wallet of the man who had money problems because she couldn`t afford to pay for her child's treatments. Upon this discovery, the man decides to give her the money. (played by [[Dan Murzea]], Ela Ionescu and Tomas Ghela) |
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* an old Romanian couple that judges everyone in the metro, especially a young boy who they think is a drug addict. |
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* another couple has just found out that their child was in the Colectiv fire and had died. |
* another couple has just found out that their child was in the Colectiv fire and had died. |
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* a priest that is concealing his profession because of the fear of being bullied. After the Colectiv fire, a lot of priests blamed the people's taste in music for the catastrophe, as such, all the priests were targeted by the Romanian society. He is also the one who gives the story of the movie meaning. |
* a priest that is concealing his profession because of the fear of being bullied. After the Colectiv fire, a lot of priests blamed the people's taste in music for the catastrophe, as such, all the priests were targeted by the Romanian society. He is also the one who gives the story of the movie meaning. |
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* a group of young people that have friends that were at the nightclub and are desperately trying to get a hold of them<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Filmul românesc care-ți arată cum se transformă oamenii după o tragedie |url=https://www.vice.com/ro/article/a3p555/filmul-coboram-la-prima |access-date=2022-06-08 |website=www.vice.com |language=ro |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220608102718/https://www.vice.com/ro/article/a3p555/filmul-coboram-la-prima |archive-date=8 June 2022 |url-status=dead}}</ref> |
* a group of young people that have friends that were at the nightclub and are desperately trying to get a hold of them<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Filmul românesc care-ți arată cum se transformă oamenii după o tragedie |url=https://www.vice.com/ro/article/a3p555/filmul-coboram-la-prima |access-date=2022-06-08 |website=www.vice.com |language=ro |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220608102718/https://www.vice.com/ro/article/a3p555/filmul-coboram-la-prima |archive-date=8 June 2022 |url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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* Emilian Oprea as the businessman |
* Emilian Oprea as the businessman |
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* Iulia Dumitru as the Moldavian woman |
* Iulia Dumitru as the Moldavian woman |
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* Constantin Drăgănescu as the old man |
* [[Constantin Drăgănescu]] as the old man |
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* Victoria Cociaș as the old woman |
* Victoria Cociaș as the old woman |
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* Gavril Pătru as the father |
* Gavril Pătru as the father |
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* Iulia Alexandra Neacșu as a student |
* Iulia Alexandra Neacșu as a student |
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* Ada Dumitru as a student |
* Ada Dumitru as a student |
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* Dan Murzea as an ex-prisoner |
* Dan Murzea as Daniel, an ex-prisoner |
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* Ionuț Gurgu as a traveler |
* Ionuț Gurgu as a traveler |
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* Andrei Eftene as a hipster |
* Andrei Eftene as a hipster |
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== Production == |
== Production == |
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⚫ | The main part of the movie was shot inside an actual metro but due to the budget, an improvised metro was built in the production studio [[Filmărie]] in [[Bucharest]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Constanda |first=Alexandra |date=25 July 2017 |title=Un debut remarcabil |url=https://adevarul.ro/entertainment/film/unii-cei-mai-buni-actori-romania-filmeaza-coboram-prima-actiune-loc-ziua-tragedia-colectiv-foto-1_597701185ab6550cb8774394/index.html |access-date=2022-06-08 |website=adevarul.ro |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220608102817/https://adevarul.ro/entertainment/film/unii-cei-mai-buni-actori-romania-filmeaza-coboram-prima-actiune-loc-ziua-tragedia-colectiv-foto-1_597701185ab6550cb8774394/index.html |archive-date=8 June 2022 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Tedy Necula stated that he and his team built the metro in the production room in just 7 days.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=#Colectiv. Tedy Necula, copilul cu tetrapareză din "Noro", debutează ca regizor de lungmetraj |url=https://www.digi24.ro/magazin/timp-liber/film/colectiv-tedy-necula-copilul-cu-tetrapareza-din-noro-debuteaza-ca-regizor-de-lungmetraj-1022244 |access-date=2022-06-08 |website=www.digi24.ro |language=ro |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220608102906/https://www.digi24.ro/magazin/timp-liber/film/colectiv-tedy-necula-copilul-cu-tetrapareza-din-noro-debuteaza-ca-regizor-de-lungmetraj-1022244 |archive-date=8 June 2022 |url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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== Music == |
== Music == |
Revision as of 19:44, 29 February 2024
Beside me (original title in Romanian: Coborâm la prima) is a 2018 independent Romanian movie, directed by Tedy Necula. [1] The plot takes place one day after the Colectiv nightclub fire in a metro car that is stuck between two metro stations. The movie was shot partially in a metro car and the rest in a built set, in Bucharest. It was released in Romanian theaters on October 26, 2018. On Cinemagia, the box office is 53.828,67 USD.[2]
Plot
In the morning after the Colectiv club fire, several strangers remain blocked in the metro between two subway stations. The metro contains people dealing with personal issues, on top of which is added the tragedy of the Colectiv disaster. At a certain point, they start communicating and sharing their problems with each other. To tell the story of the movie is to tell the stories of the characters. There is no main character in this film. Each and every story has its purpose and tries to deal with current issues in Romanian society. As such, we have:
- a Moldavian middle-aged woman who has been searching for a relationship. She befriends the businessman in the metro and starts flirting with him
- a dysfunctional couple that has money trouble and try to reconcile in the metro.
- a man newly released from the prison that has a connection with a mother with a handicapped child.
- an old Romanian couple that judges everyone in the metro, especially a young boy who they think is a drug addict.
- another couple has just found out that their child was in the Colectiv fire and had died.
- a priest that is concealing his profession because of the fear of being bullied. After the Colectiv fire, a lot of priests blamed the people's taste in music for the catastrophe, as such, all the priests were targeted by the Romanian society. He is also the one who gives the story of the movie meaning.
- a group of young people that have friends that were at the nightclub and are desperately trying to get a hold of them[3]
Cast
- Teodora Mareș as the wife
- Adrian Păduraru as the husband
- Constantin Cotimanis as the priest
- Tudorel Filimon as the man who plays the accordion
- Emilian Oprea as the businessman
- Iulia Dumitru as the Moldavian woman
- Constantin Drăgănescu as the old man
- Victoria Cociaș as the old woman
- Gavril Pătru as the father
- Ela Ionescu as the mother of the handicapped child
- Grumăzescu Cezar as the gay man
- Iulian Burciu as a ruffian
- Iulia Alexandra Neacșu as a student
- Ada Dumitru as a student
- Dan Murzea as Daniel, an ex-prisoner
- Ionuț Gurgu as a traveler
- Andrei Eftene as a hipster
- Radu Catana as a student
Production
The main part of the movie was shot inside an actual metro but due to the budget, an improvised metro was built in the production studio Filmărie in Bucharest.[4] Tedy Necula stated that he and his team built the metro in the production room in just 7 days.[5]
The movie entered cinemas on the 26th of October 2018.[4]
Music
The soundtrack has two songs by the band Goodbye to Gravity, which was the band playing that night in Colectiv Club when the fire started. Tedy Necula said in an interview for Digi24 that he had the idea of the movie for several years but he wanted to link it to an important day for Romanians so he decided to put the story the second day after the Colectiv club fire. He wanted to have the music from the Goodbye to Gravity band so that the message would be more powerful.[5]
Reception
The movie was received well by the critics. They said that it was not just a movie about the Colectiv club fire. It was also meant to be taken as an inspirational film that spread kindness and humanity in Romanian society.[6] Vice wrote that it is a movie that shows how people are changed by a tragedy.[3] The famous line of the movie, "We are strangers until something unites us" has become a staple of the Colectiv tragedy. Moreover, it impressed critics with the mixture of feelings that it made people feel.[4]
Claudia Moscovici writes that it is a "cinematic thought-experiment".[6]
Awards
- 2018 - Militello Film Festival - Best editing (Ana Țurcanu)
- 2018 - Indie IPIFF - Best debut (Tedy Necula)[7]
See also
References
- ^ "Tedy Necula, regizorul cu tetrapareză, care câștigă 250.000 de euro pe an". 2021-02-26. Archived from the original on 26 February 2021. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
- ^ "Coborâm la prima - Coborâm la prima (2018) - Film - CineMagia.ro". 2021-02-26. Archived from the original on 26 February 2021. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
- ^ a b "Filmul românesc care-ți arată cum se transformă oamenii după o tragedie". www.vice.com (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 8 June 2022. Retrieved 2022-06-08.
- ^ a b c Constanda, Alexandra (25 July 2017). "Un debut remarcabil". adevarul.ro. Archived from the original on 8 June 2022. Retrieved 2022-06-08.
- ^ a b "#Colectiv. Tedy Necula, copilul cu tetrapareză din "Noro", debutează ca regizor de lungmetraj". www.digi24.ro (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 8 June 2022. Retrieved 2022-06-08.
- ^ a b "Heartwarming Encounters:Tedy Necula's Beside me (Coborim la prima)". 2022-06-14. Archived from the original on 14 June 2022. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
- ^ "Aarc.ro - Totul despre Filmul Romanesc". 2020-07-17. Archived from the original on 17 July 2020. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
External links
- Coborâm la prima at IMDb
- Coborâm la prima at Cinemagia
Bibliography
- "Coboram la prima". cinemagia. 2022-06-12. Archived from the original on 2021-02-26. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
- "Coboram la prima". aarc. 2022-06-12. Archived from the original on 2020-07-17. Retrieved 2022-06-09.
- Constanda, Alexandra (2017-07-24). "Unii dintre cei mai buni actori din România filmează "Coborâm la prima", a cărui acţiune are loc în ziua de după tragedia din Colectiv". adevarul. Archived from the original on 2019-11-05. Retrieved 2022-06-08.
- Grosu, Roxana (2020-04-05). "Povestea lui Tedy Necula, regizorul cu tetrapareză, care câștigă 250.000 de euro pe an". wall-street. Archived from the original on 2021-02-26. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
- Moscovici, Claudia (2022-02-12). "Heartwarming Encounters:Tedy Necula's Beside me (Coborim la prima)". panodyssey. Archived from the original on 2022-06-14. Retrieved 2022-06-08.
- Nanu, Crăița (2018-11-02). "Filmul românesc care-ți arată cum se transformă oamenii după o tragedie". Vice. Archived from the original on 2022-06-08. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
- "#Colectiv. Tedy Necula, copilul cu tetrapareză din "Noro", debutează ca regizor de lungmetraj". Digi24. 2018-10-29. Archived from the original on 2022-06-14. Retrieved 2022-06-08.