God Plays Sax, the Devil Violin

  • 43'
  • Germany
  • 2004
Sketch of life within a Romanian psychiatric institution, where the patients have formed a kind of closed society. The 300 inhabitants, some living 12 to a room, become friends, they get married and split up again. Coffee and cigarettes are the official currency. The mutual barter trade and helpfulness is only interrupted for medication, sleep and food. The film, shot in a cinema-vérité style, forms an impressive witness to man's urge to survive.
  • 43'
  • Germany
  • 2004
Director
Alexandra Gulea
Premiere
World premiere
Country of production
Germany
Year
2004
Festival Edition
IFFR 2004
Length
43'
Medium
16mm
Original title
Dumnezeu la saxofon, Dracu la vioara
Language
Roma
Producers
Ciulei Films, Thomas Ciulei
Sales
Ciulei Films
Screenplay
Alexandra Gulea
Cinematography
Thomas Ciulei
Editor
Alexandra Gulea
Sound Design
Andreas Bolm
Director
Alexandra Gulea
Premiere
World premiere
Country of production
Germany
Year
2004
Festival Edition
IFFR 2004
Length
43'
Medium
16mm
Original title
Dumnezeu la saxofon, Dracu la vioara
Language
Roma
Producers
Ciulei Films, Thomas Ciulei
Sales
Ciulei Films
Screenplay
Alexandra Gulea
Cinematography
Thomas Ciulei
Editor
Alexandra Gulea
Sound Design
Andreas Bolm