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I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRadu Jude
Written byRadu Jude
StarringIoana Iacob
CinematographyMarius Panduru
Edited byCatalin Cristutiu
Distributed byMicro Film
Release dates
  • 2 July 2018 (2018-7-2) (KVIFF)
  • 28 September 2018 (2018-9-28) (Romania)
Running time
160 minutes
CountriesRomania
Czech Republic[1]
Germany
Bulgaria
France
LanguageRomanian
Box office$39,177[2][3]

I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians (Romanian: Îmi este indiferent dacă în istorie vom intra ca barbari) is a 2018 black comedy film written and directed by Radu Jude.[4] The title is pulled from a speech by Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mihai Antonescu to the Council of Ministers preceding the massacre in 1941 of around 34,000 Jews, Roma people, and Ukrainians.[5]

The Royal Palace of Bucharest forecourt, the setting of the re-enactment that takes place in the film

Plot

In a square in the centre of Bucharest, a young film director named Mariana is rehearsing a dramatic re-enactment of a dark episode in Romania's history. This was when the fascist regime of Marshal Antonescu joined forces with Hitler in 1941 to invade the Soviet Union, citing two objectives. One was to regain territories that Stalin had seized in 1940 and added to the Soviet republics of Moldavia and Ukraine. The other was to cleanse both these lands and further conquests in Ukraine, particularly Odesa, of Jews and Roma.

Mariana's private life becomes problematical when she finds that she is pregnant by her married lover and her professional life becomes difficult when her plans alarm the ministry that is subsidizing the event. A representative, while conceding that her script is historically accurate, tries to persuade her to tone down and to relativise the terrible crimes of the regime. If she refuses, he says that the municipality will ban the event. After long argument, in the end she accepts some cuts and also accepts a date with the man.

The event goes off well, but reactions among volunteer participants and the audience are mixed. Some Romanians do not fully accept their country's well-documented responsibility for deportations and mass murder.

Cast

Leading actress Ioana Iacob (right) with producer Ada Solomon (left) discuss the film at the Toronto International Film Festival

Production

In the film, a stylized reenactment of the Romanian campaign on Odessa is played on the forecourt (now a parking lot) in front of the Royal Palace of Bucharest.[citation needed]

Accolades

The film was selected as the Romanian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.[6] It won the Crystal Globe for the best feature film at the 2018 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Křišťálový glóbus získal ve Varech rumunský film 'Je mi jedno, že se zapíšeme do dějin jako barbaři'". iROZHLAS (in Czech). Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  2. ^ "I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  3. ^ "I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians". The Numbers. IMDb. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  4. ^ "'I Do Not Care if We Go Down in History as Barbarians': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  5. ^ "CRONICĂ "Îmi este indiferent dacă în istorie vom intra ca barbari", în regia lui Radu Jude, un film despre nepăsarea unui popor faţă de propria istorie". adevarul.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  6. ^ Barraclough, Leo (3 August 2018). "Oscars: Romania Selects 'Barbarians' as Academy Awards Entry". Variety. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  7. ^ Evans, Greg (7 July 2018). "Karlovy Vary Fest Gives Top Prize To Radu Jude's 'I Do Not Care If We Go Down In History As Barbarians' – Winners List". Deadline. Retrieved 11 August 2021.