Synopsis
Costi leads a peaceful life. At night he likes to read his 6-year-old son stories, to help him sleep. Their favourite is Robin Hood. Costi sees himself as the hero – righter of wrongs and defender of the oppressed. One evening, his neighbour pays him an unexpected visit and shares a secret: there’s treasure buried in his grandparents’ garden, he’s sure of it. If Costi will hire a metal detector to help locate it, he’ll give him half of whatever they get. Sceptical at first, in the end Costi can’t resist. He’s on board. The two accomplices have one weekend to locate the loot. Despite every obstacle in their path, Costi refuses to be discouraged. For his wife and son, he’s a real hero – nothing and no one are going to stop him. Perennial Cannes favourite Corneliu Porumboiu returns with a tender black comedy, in which a parent’s love transforms life into a fairytale.
Press review
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The old truism that one man’s gold is another man’s garbage gives life to Corneliu Porumboiu’s “The Treasure,” a sandpaper-dry caper comedy about two unlikely fortune hunters searching for long-buried backyard booty.
Variety — 13 July 2015
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Digging for a buried treasure is perhaps the best metaphor to describe what it’s like to watch the movies of Romanian auteur Corneliu Porumboiu: You have to scratch a lot beneath the surface, but in the end you’ll find something of lasting value.
Hollywood Reporter — 21 May 2015
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Mr. Porumboiu, as usual, is playing a long game, keeping you engaged with his rigorous formal wit until he can deliver a series of narrative and visual coups at the end. The final shot, accompanied by an improbable but perfect musical cue, is an astonishing cinematic gesture, an appalling, hilarious statement about modern values, the state of the world, human nature and everything else. This is a movie that lives up to its name.
The New York Times — 7 January 2016
About the director
Corneliu Porumboiu was born in 1975 in Vaslui, Romania. He is a Romanian film director and screenwriter. His 2006 feature 12:08 East of Bucharest won him the Caméra d'Or prize at the Cannes Film Festival. He is the son of football referee Adrian Porumboiu. His 2015 film The Treasure was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Prix Un Certain Talent prize.
- Director Corneliu Porumboiu
- With Toma Cuzin
- Adrian Pucarescu
- Ana Maria Stegaru
- Corneliu Cozmei
- Cristina Cuzin
- Storyline Corneliu Porumboiu
- 1st Assistant Director Costache Donici
- Stage secretary Vancica Elena
- Line producer Claudiu Boboc
- Production Coordinator Irina Malcea
- Director of Photography Tudor Mircea
- 1st assistant operator Tofeni Carmen
- Set Designer Mihaela Poenaru
- 1st assistant decorator Pirvu Marian
- Editor Szel Roxana
- Sound Engineer Zsemlye Sébastian
- Makeup Artist Cretan Gabriela
- Sound Engineer Zsemlye Sébastian
- Sound assistant Cristea Mirel
- Coproduction Les Films du Worso
- Coproduction Arte France Cinéma
- Coproduction 42Km Film
- French Distributor (Theatrical Release) Le Pacte
- Export / International sales Wild Bunch