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Endgames /

This film follows a day in the life of Cluj-Napoca, a city in Transylvania in northern Romania, focusing on three main characters - Valer, an 85-year-old retired colonel; Daria, an 89-year-old retired Russian language teacher and Inocentiu, a 67-year-old retired driver and ardent chess player. As th...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Calugareanu, Ilinca (Director)
Format: Video
Language:Romanian
Language Notes:In Romanian.
Published: Manchester : Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology, University of Manchester, [2009]
Series:Academic Video Online
Subjects:
Older people > Romania > Transylvania.
Old age > Romania > Transylvania.
Personnes âgées > Roumanie > Transylvanie.
Vieillesse > Roumanie > Transylvanie.
Old age
Older people
Romania > Transylvania
Ethnographic films
Ethnographic films.
Films ethnographiques.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:This film follows a day in the life of Cluj-Napoca, a city in Transylvania in northern Romania, focusing on three main characters - Valer, an 85-year-old retired colonel; Daria, an 89-year-old retired Russian language teacher and Inocentiu, a 67-year-old retired driver and ardent chess player. As the day evolves from dawn to dusk, it shows how their lives intertwine. Endgames is an exploration of memory, the experience of time, and of old age, in the post-communist context of Romania.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed November 04, 2016).
Physical Description:1 online resource (32 min.)
Playing Time:00:32:13