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Arsenie. An Amazing Afterlife

Proxima Competition 2023 / Arsenie. Viața de apoi / Romania, Luxembourg 2023

Synopsis

Arsenie Boca, a priest, theologian, and mystic persecuted by the communist regime, is considered holy by many believers, although he has yet to be canonized. Documentary filmmaker Alexandru Solomon and a group of selected believers set out on a pilgrimage in the footsteps of this holy man. Under the filmmaker’s direction, the members of the entourage re-enact scenes from Boca’s life, discuss the miracles ascribed to him, and reflect on the current state of the world. Solomon presents viewers with a colorful, often humorous picture of today’s society seeking to preserve faith in miracles in an era full of contradictory information and global threats.

Lenka Tyrpáková

About the film

96 min / Color, DCP
International premiere
Director Alexandru Solomon / Screenplay Alexandru Solomon / Dir. of Photography Tudor Platon, Marius Beșu / Music Alin Zăbrăuțeanu / Sound Alin Zăbrăuțeanu / Editor Cătălin Cristuțiu, Sophie Reiter / Producer Ada Solomon, Diana Caravia / Production microFILM / Coproduction Paul Thiltges Distributions / Contact microFILM, Brigitta Portier, Gary Walsh

About the director

Alexandru Solomon (1966, Bucharest). Selected filmography: A Dog’s Life (1998), The Man with a Thousand Eyes (2001), The Great Communist Bank Robbery (2004), Cold Waves (2007), Apocalypse on Wheels (2008), Kapitalism – Our Improved Formula (2010), Romania: Four Countries (2015), Tarzan’s Testicles (2017), Arsenie. An Amazing Afterlife (2023).