Medal of Honor | Cinequest

Running time: 90 mins

Poor Ion. It seems his only hope for happiness is locked in a maze of bureaucratic bungling, untruths and a past he barely remembers.

Ion is 75 years old. His wife barely speaks to him and his son won?t speak to him at all. His life has become one of isolation and failure. But when a letter arrives informing him he?s been awarded a medal for a WWII act of bravery he can?t even remember, things begin to look up. But what the government giveth, the government taketh away...

This heartwarming example of New Romanian Cinema, with its gentle irony, subtly dark humor, intelligence, delightful performances and compassion for its hapless hero, leads to an immensely sympathetic if bittersweet denouement that teaches the relative value of ?a piece of shiny metal weighed against what really counts - love, family, friendship." (Picturenose.com)

- Charlie Cockey

Film sponsored by the Applied Materials Foundation.

Season:

2011

Director:

Calin Peter Netzer

Cinematography:

Liviu Marghidan

Cast:

Victor Rebenjuic, Camelia Zorlescu, Mircea Andreescu, Ion Lucian, Radu Beligan, Costica Draganescu

Editor:

Catalin F. Cristutiu

Producer:

Liviu Marghidan, Karl Baumgartner, Ada Solomon