Aferim!

Aferim! is a 2015 Romanian drama film directed by Radu Jude and produced by Ada Solomon. It was screened in the main competition section of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival where Radu Jude won the Silver Bear for Best Director. It was selected as the Romanian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards. Plot The film is set in Wallachia in the early 19th century, when a local policeman, Costandin (played by Teodor Corban), is hired by Iordache, a boyar, to find Carfin (played by Toma Cuzin), a Gypsy slave who had run away from the boyar's estate after having an affair with his wife, Sultana. Cast Teodor Corban as Costandin Mihai Comanoiu as Ionita Toma Cuzin as Carfin Pandolean Alexandru Dabija as Boyar Iordache Cîndescu Alberto Dinache as Tintiric Mihaela Sîrbu as Sultana Luminița Gheorghiu as Smaranda Cîndescu Alexandru Bindea as Priest on the road Victor Rebengiuc as Stan Gabriel Spahiu as Vasile Șerban Pavlu as Traveler Production While the structure and the narrative had little in common with existing Romanian literature, the dialogue is often based on works by Iordache Golescu, Anton Pann, Ion Creangă, Budai-Deleanu and Nicolae Filimon.