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The Happiest Girl in the World
Delia, a young Romanian girl, comes to Bucharest with her parents to collect a prize she has won in a contest organized by a soft-drinks company. The prize is a beautiful new car. All Delia has to do now is appear in front of the camera in a commercial. All goes well until it becomes clear that Delia and her parents have very different ideas about what to do with the new car. Meanwhile, the contest's sponsor needs a radiant prize-winner with a gleaming smile. A wicked satire and a psychological portrait of a society perverted by its slavery to capitalism and consumerism
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Delia, a young Romanian girl, comes to Bucharest with her parents to collect a prize she has won in a contest organized by a soft-drinks company. The prize is a beautiful new car. All Delia has to do now is appear in front of the camera in a commercial. All goes well until it becomes clear that Delia and her parents have very different ideas about what to do with the new car. Meanwhile, the contest's sponsor needs a radiant prize-winner with a gleaming smile. A wicked satire and a psychological portrait of a society perverted by its slavery to capitalism and consumerism
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Genre:Comedy, Drama
Written By:Augustina Stanciu, Radu Jude
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Runtime:99 minutes
Studio:Hi Film Productions, Circe Films, România Film, Televiziunea Română, Media Planning Group, Hubert Bals Fund, NHK, MEDIA Programme of the European Union, HBO Romania, TVR, CNC
Cast
Radu Jude
Director
Andreea Bosneag
Delia Cristina Fratila
Violeta Haret-Popa
Mrs. Fratila
Vasile Muraru
Mr. Fratila
Șerban Pavlu
Director
Andi Vasluianu
Cinematographer
Diana Gheorghian
Producer
Alexandru Georgescu
The Client
Petre Constantin Bombardel
Prop Artist
Luminiţa Stoianovici
Gabi - Make-up Artist
Doru Cătănescu
Mr. Arvunescu
Bogdan Marhodin
Viorel
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