Monștri.
Monsters.

Judith State, Cristian Popa
Monștri. | Monsters. by Marius Olteanu
ROU 2019, Forum
© Luchian Ciobanu

Judith State
Monștri. | Monsters. by Marius Olteanu
ROU 2019, Forum
© Luchian Ciobanu

Judith State
Monștri. | Monsters. by Marius Olteanu
ROU 2019, Forum
© Luchian Ciobanu

Marius Olteanu
Monștri. | Monsters. by Marius Olteanu
ROU 2019, Forum
A relationship drama in three chapters that describes the current state of a couple over 24 hours. It is not about psychology but rather capturing moods and atmosphere. Even if the conversation between Dana and the taxi driver is hardly in-depth, everything is said. Dana’s loneliness is palpable when she turns off her phone after talking to Andrei, who for his part seems strangely lost in the apartment of the man he meets for sex. The nocturnal chapters are shot in the 1:1 format and focus on a man and a woman lost in introspection. In the morning, the frame opens out and the two must ask themselves whether there is still room for feelings. What happened? Why can they no longer give each other support despite their shared intimacy and affection?
With
- Judith State (Dana)
- Cristian Popa (Arthur)
- Alexandru Potocean (Taxi driver)
- Șerban Pavlu (Alex)
- Dorina Lazăr (Mamaie)
- Gabriel Răuță (Popescu)
- Alina Berzunțeanu (Anca Popescu)
- Alina Tarbă (Alina)
- Rolando Matsangos (Alina's husband)
- Rodica Lazăr (Drunk woman)
Crew
Written and Directed by | Marius Olteanu |
Cinematography | Luchian Ciobanu |
Editing | Ioachim Stroe |
Sound Design | Ioan Filip, Dan Ștefan Rucăreanu |
Sound | Mihnea Bogos |
Production Design | Alexandra Alma Ungureanu Stroe |
Costumes | Alexandra Alma Ungureanu Stroe |
Make-Up | Elena Tudor |
Producers | Claudiu Mitcu Parada Film, Robert Fița Wearebasca, Ioachim Stroe Wearebasca, Marius Olteanu |
World Sales
Produced by
Parada Film
Wearebasca
Marius Olteanu

Judith State, Claudiu Mitcu, Carla Fotea
The leading actress and the producers of the film which has been awarded with the Readers' Prize of the newspaper „Tagesspiegel“.
Monștri. · Forum · Prizes of the Independent Juries · Feb 16, 2019

Marius Olteanu, Judith State
The director and the leading actress of the Romanian film.
Monștri. · Forum · Feb 09, 2019
Marius Olteanu

Born in Bucharest, Romania in 1979. He studied Film Directing. Beside his work as a writer and director, he is also a photographer. Following four short films, Monștri. is Olteanu’s first feature-length film.
Filmography
2007 Sunday Afternoon; 30 min. 2008 Why Don’t You Dance?; 30 min. 2015 Tie; 29 min. 2017 No Man’s Land; 20 min. 2019 Monștri. (Monsters.)
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2019