Stere Gulea
Directing
Biography
Stere Gulea (born 2 August 1943) is a Romanian film director and screenwriter. He was born in Mihail Kogălniceanu commune, Constanța County, in an Aromanian family that had fled from the Kaliakra region of Southern Dobruja during the 1940 population exchange between Bulgaria and Romania.[1] After graduating from the Mircea cel Bătrân High School in Constanța,[2] Gulea studied philology at the Pedagogical Institute of Constanța and then pursued his studies at the I.L. Caragiale Institute of Theatre and Film Arts (IATC) in Bucharest, graduating in 1970. He made his film director debut that year with Apa ca un bivol negru [ro] ("The Water Like a Black Buffalo"); this documentary movie, done in collaboration with his IATC colleagues, Dan Pița and Mircea Veroiu, record the catastrophic 1970 floods in Romania. In the early 1970s, he produced and directed a Romanian Television documentary based on Mateiu Caragiale's life; his first feature film was Iarba verde de acasă [ro] ("The Green Grass from Home", 1978), based on a screenplay by Sorin Titel. His 1995 movie, State of Things, was submitted by Romania for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. In 2019, he won the Gopo Award for best movie with Moromeții 2 [ro],[5] This film is a sequel to The Moromete Family (1988), also directed by Gulea, both based on the eponymous novel by Marin Preda. In 2018 Gulea was made honorary citizen of Talpa, the commune in Teleorman County where both these movies were shot. In 2000, then-President Emil Constantinescu awarded him the Order of the Star of Romania, Commander rank.
Known For
15 years ago, Luiza decided to make a fresh start in Spain. She left her 3-year-old daughter Cristina in the care of her relatives and took off. When she returns to Romania, the woman learns some shocking truths that were kept hidden from her: Cristina ran away from home, is a drug addict and has a 2-year-old girl who lives in an orphanage. Overwhelmed by guilt, Luiza attempts to save her daughter
Weekend with My Mother
The story of Niculae, Moromete's youngest son, who in the 1950s becomes an acclaimed young writer who lives his life and complicated love stories in a charged atmosphere tainted by suspicion.
The Moromete Family 3: Father and Son
The film tells the story of a generation that cannot adapt to the reality post-revolution. Nostalgic Emilia tries to keep alive the golden age.
I'm an Old Communist Hag
In late 19th century, a Transylvanian revolutionary fleeing the Imperial authorities goes to Italy where he meets a beautiful soprano who later disappears under mysterious circumstances.
The Carpathian Castle
A sequel to one of Romanian cinema’s most lauded adaptations, The Moromete Family, film tells the tale of Ilie Moromete and his family and focuses on his youngest son, Niculae. The entire order of the world of the village, where the most important thing is to own land and work it, changes upon the arrival of the Communist regime and collectivization.
Moromete Family: On the Edge of Time
Set in the period prior to the revolt in Timisoara in December 1989 and mirroring the events that led to the downfall of the dictator Ceausescu.
Fox: Hunter
After refusing to compromise at his job, a university professor leaves the city and returns to his native village for the first time in many years.
The Green Grass of Home
After the death of his wife a lonely forester meets a witch, who puts a spell on him.
Bear's Eye
The film shows the catastrophic floods in Romania in 1970.
Water Like a Black Buffalo
Story of a family. Problems, marriage, taxes, revenge, friendship, army, life and much more.
The Moromete Family
Presentation of the one-month long rally in the University Place of Bucharest, Romania, where students and others demonstrated against the neo-communist government who had taken power after the toppling of communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu.
Piata Universitatii - Romania
A story of revolution, betrayal, corruption and wrongful imprisonment, as well as human character and strength while facing them.
State of Things
Andrei Catalin Baleanu, the living ghost of the Romanian cinema of the '70s, presented through the eyes of a young director at the beginning of the road.