The Happiest Girl in the World

Berlin 2009
Forum
Cannes Film
Festival 2009
Toronto International
Film Festival 2009
Thessaloniki International
Film Festival 2009
Hong Kong International
Film Festival 2010

The Happiest Girl in the World

A Film by Radu Jude

2009 - Romania - Comedy/Drama - 1.85 - 99 min.

with Șerban Pavlu , Andreea Bosneag , Vasile Muraru & Violeta Haret

Language: Romanian
Produced by Ada Solomon & Stienette Bosklopper

Delia Fratila (18) comes from a poor family living in a small Romanian town. She is the winner of an advertising campaign: she sent three juice-bottles labels and won an expensive car. Delia and her parents, has to come to Bucharest for the promotion testimonial – a video showing Delia to the whole country, as a proof that the refreshments company keeps its promises and grants the awards. After the long way to Bucharest, the family finally arrives to the shooting place - a big square in the middle of the city. She spends the day doing the shooting. What she has to do seems quite easy: she has to sit in the car in front of the wheel, to drink juice and thank the organizing company. The shooting goes on with the ordinary problems: Delia keeps forgetting the text, the soda doesn’t look good enough-for the client, they have to refresh her make-up all the time, the shooting angle needs to be changed, some spotlights break etc.

Berlin 2009
Forum
Cannes Film
Festival 2009
Toronto International
Film Festival 2009
Thessaloniki International
Film Festival 2009
Hong Kong International
Film Festival 2010

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