Christopher Vourlias Berlin Golden Bear winner Radu Jude (“Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn”) is set to begin production in Romania on his next feature, Variety can reveal.“A Case History” analyzes the relations between individuals and multinational companies in the mad dash of new Romanian capitalism, starting from the real story of preparing and shooting a problematic work safety video.
Principal photography is slated to begin in summer or early fall.“The film is composed of two parts which respond to each other, forming a diptych of sorts,” said Jude. “Inside each of these parts, we will find many other smaller stories … which make the whole film a kind of contemporary ‘Arabian Nights’ of late-capitalism in Romania and everywhere else.” Pic is produced by Ada Solomon and Adrian Sitaru of 4Proof Film in co-production with microFILM (Romania), Les Films d’Ici (France), Paul Thiltges Distributions (Luxembourg), Kinorama (Croatia), Flaneur Films (Germany), Bord Cadre (Switzerland), and Sovereign Films (U.K.), with the support of the Romanian Film Center.Jude, who won the Berlinale Silver Bear in 2015 (“Aferim!”), is also presenting a new project during the Berlinale Co-Production Market. “Heia, Heia, Safari!” is produced by Julia I.
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