Gabriel Spahiu Movies

Set in early 19th century Wallachia, Romania, a policeman, Costandin, is hired by a nobleman to find a Gypsy slave who has run away from his estate...

In communist Romania, a serial killer discusses religion with his next victim.

During the summer of 1937, Emanuel, a young man in his early twenties, is committed to a sanatorium on the Black Sea coast for treatment of his bone...

On Christmas Eve, a taxi driver takes home a man returning from working abroad.

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.

In a world where parents no longer spend enough time with their children, they will do anything to regain this precious time. The five friends,...

An old man tries to play backgammon with friends while babysitting his granddaughter, who's terrified of the young suicide in their building.

When a sixteen year-old boy and his two young siblings set off on a quest to find their missing parents, their search leads them to a ghost town in...

Directed by four different filmmakers and produced by different production companies, these four short films share a common theme - life and death -...

Mitu and Elena get to know each other in the course of a vodka drinking contest and discover that they are both dissatisfied with the status quo....

Toni and Simina are two lonely souls on the road who meet by chance in a supermarket parking lot. They immediately like each other and decide to...

Velicanu considers himself a fulfilled person. He's got money, a new villa, married a younger woman and has a son from a previous marriage. Before...

In a torrid summer day in Bucharest, the priest Florin Florescu is called to a dying woman's side for saying a prayer.

The grim realities of daily life in post-Communist Romania are described in this dark drama, which was filmed on-location in the poorer areas of...

A woodcutter in an isolated snow village in the heart of the mountains tries to right his wrongs, but sometimes spilled blood can only be cleansed...

A funny tale about a bad woman-driver and a young thief who tries to steal her purse while she's waiting in jammed traffic.

Three overlapping stories take place over the course of a week in Bucharest, with characters whose life paths intersect and overlap; often...

Musician Gabriel and dimpled dry-cleaning proprietress Gabriela live like two strangers who no longer see each other. But in humorous contrast to...

A pregnant Saudi woman must distinguish reality from dreams, drug-induced delusions, and perceptions of death before a killer gets to her and her...

This is Emil’s story, the man who doesn’t believe in ghosts, and his best friend, Titi. The plot unfolds in a remote hamlet, a place...