Alexandru Margineanu, Armand Assante, Catalina Mustata

1999. Kosovo War. In a small Romanian village, the chief of the railway station, who also happens to be a local gangster, stops a NATO train transporting military equipment. The two American officers ...( read more  read more... )are in charge of the transport only have verbal approval from the Romanian government for their journey. They are without official documents. Their arrival in this small village dramatically changes its landscape.

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Unrated, 2 hrs. 35 min.

Directed by: Cristian Nemescu

Release Date: May 26, 2007

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  • September 10, 2008
    Interesting tale of culture clash at a Romanian train station linked to historical events. Similar themes to the WWII 'Americans oversexed and overhere' films of the 80's.
  • October 11, 2009
    Un grupo de soldados tranportan equipo militar rumbo a Kosovo. Mientras pasan por un pequeño pueblo rumano son detenidos debido a que no traen permiso. Los soldados deciden pasar un rato en el pueblo y conocen a sus habitantes. Pronto descubren que hay altercados.
    "Califofornia...( read more) Dreamin'" no es una pelicula muy memorable y se siente demasiado larga sin embargo esta muy bien actuada y nos entretiene durante su duracion. Me pregunto que si no se hubiera muerto su director en un accidente automovilistico la pelicula hubiese gozado de mas enfoque y un climax mas poderoso y trascendente. Probablemente nunca lo sabremos.
    Aun asi es una cinta recomendable.
  • September 28, 2009
    If you're Romanian, than this movie is great. You get all the little gestures, you recognize the things people do daily put here, and it's ... very amusing to see traditions treated this way, and the rapresentation of the village ... Simply amazing, brilliant script, directing, c...( read more)inematoraphy and even acting. Well worth watching.
  • September 25, 2009
    Nah.. didn't like it.
  • August 4, 2009
    A group of American soldiers travel to Romania
    Doiaru clearly doesn?t like Americans, especially given that he says, ?Fuck Bill Clinton!?, and doesn?t treat Captain Jones with respect.
    this film was mostly intriguing and intelligent.
    have a powerful political message.
    a movie w...( read more)ith a great script, very well played, fascinating situations.
  • July 19, 2009
    well umn just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that this is a good movie 2 watch...its got a good cast of actors/actressess throughout this movie....i think that razvan vasilescu, maria dinulescu, marco assante, constantin dita, jamie elman, laura voicu, alexandru marginean...( read more)u, armand assante, catalina mustata play good roles/parts thorughout this movie...i think that the director of this drama/thriller movie had done a great job of directing this movie because this is a really good movie 2 watch its a good drama/thriller movie 2 watch n its enjoyable throughout this movie
  • May 25, 2009
    amazing job from the director... he somehow emphasise on the idilic bound between the romanian people and the americans, this bound being seen as a salvation but in the end we can see that it has just a shattering effect on the locals
  • May 19, 2009
    Primul si ultimul lung metraj al regretatului Cristian Nemescu...Kusturica se poate ascunde!
  • February 8, 2009
    too much nudity...and, after all, just for nothing...I just didn't imagine this country like that...the movie puts it in a bad image...
  • August 14, 2008
    Set in 1999, the film centres on a group of US Marines, led by Captain Jones (Armand Assante), who wind up in the small Romanian village of Capalnita when bolshy local station master-slash-black marketeer Doiaru (Razvan Vasilescu) deliberately delays their NATO train. Doiaru is a...( read more)t least partially motivated by his own tragic past (gradually revealed in flashback), when Romanians expected the Americans to rescue them in the mid-1940s and they never arrived.

    Meanwhile, Doiaru's teenaged daughter Monica (Maria Dinelescu) attempts to run away and ends up falling for one of the soldiers on the train (Jamie Elman). Finally, after several days of delay, tensions appear to relax when soldiers and townspeople mingle at a village festival.
    There's a tragic story behind the bracketed subtitle (which should really read "Unfinished" instead of "Endless"), because debut director Cristian Nemescu was killed in a car crash before he could finish editing the film. Nonetheless, California Dreamin' deservedly won the Un Certain Regard award at this year's Cannes Film Festival.

    Despite its seemingly punishing two and a half hour running time, California Dreamin' is surprisingly gripping, considering it mostly centres on a delayed train. The interactions between the characters are extremely well written and the performances are superb, particularly Vasilescu (who does well to keep Doiaru even remotely sympathetic) and Dinelescu, who looks a bit like Audrey Tautou.
    Alongside genuinely engaging characters, the film pulls no punches with its political subtext ? it doesn't take a genius to work out the parallels with today's US foreign policy, especially after the shocking climax. There's also a lot of humour in the film (particularly during the various translation scenes) and Nemescu paints a convincing portrait of smalltown Romanian culture.
    In short, California Dreamin' is a thoroughly engaging, superbly directed drama that demands to be seen.

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