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Postcards from Romania



The last days are for the greetings, the bags and postcards. I have three snapshots that I would send in Italy, images, reminding that the Earth is one and turns and, in his wanderings, either leave it upside down a portion of the world.

Oltenia, Romania south-western region of spas and monasteries. In these lands, between the end of the 800 and the first decades of the 900, the Italians emigrated to work in construction, mines, such as loggers or farmers. A census of about 10,000 speak Italian in Romania in the late '20s, years unparalleled in the economy and the Romanian culture. It was the time when Bucharest was the 'Little Paris', while the Italians left misery and suffering with a suitcase full of hopes. Originating mainly in the Triveneto, Italian immigrants have found in the land of the Carpathian generous hospitality. Many have remained despite subsequent seizure of power by the Communists and the difficulties that have emerged from the distrust and controls surrounding anyone with foreign relations, no matter if they were friends and relatives. Today the Italian community, as all ethnic minorities in the country, has its own representative in parliament.

Universitate the corner of Piazza is one of the most beautiful buildings in Bucharest: Coltea the hospital, the oldest of the capital, built in 1704 to assist the poor. The beauty neoclassical building, the dome and bas-reliefs are not the only reason that led me to choose this second postcard from Romania. There's more: the health care system at this latitude is apparently universal, but if you look a bit 'more attention, we notice that in reality corruption is a real institution in hospitals. During the years of the scheme was used to bring the doctor a package of Kent, but now you pay in cash in a sealed envelope, otherwise the complete disregard for the patient (in January Mihai Constantinescu, 63, was left dead in the hall ' waiting for a hospital in southern Romania, because, as stated by a nurse In an interview, "could not afford the bribe). Health is just one example, perhaps the most striking, of the rampant corruption that creates a double-Romanian citizenship status. That same double status which divides the Italians who have access to the corridors of power and who does not; groove that determines one among many, who can become an entrepreneur 'successful' and who's not. Latest news: Minister of Youth and Sport, Ridzi Monica, has just been accused to be discharged a month ago, mismanagement and misappropriation of public funds. Better Romania.

The last postcard is from a place that I visited a month and a half ago. They are the former salt mine di Slănic-Prahova, in Muntenia, non lontano da Bucarest. Mine sotterranee trasformate in attrazione turistica e luogo di cura per chi soffre di problemi alle vie respiratorie. Ambienti enormi incastrati nelle viscere della Terra, la cui bellezza magica trascina, dopo la discesa in ascensore, in una dimensione infantile di gioco e serenità dove le differenze di nazionalità lingua e cultura svaniscono, accolte da un unico grande ventre.

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Notice to laggards: Romania last minute



La leggenda vuole che Bucarest sia stata fondata dal pastore Bucur, il cui nome in sostanza significa gioia e piacere. E, in un certo senso, the city hosts a truly epicurean lifestyle, with its cafes and nightclubs crowded until late at night in winter, and the bars and outdoor concerts on warm summer evenings. Oriental charm, Latin hospitality of its inhabitants and convenience of euro-you make it an ideal destination for a possible last minute holiday.

Reach the Romanian capital is simple: there are cheap flights from Bari, Naples and Rome. For accommodation, there is something for every budget. From the sumptuous luxury hotel in the center (including the Intercontinental, a place where the historic capital under Ceausescu operated a thriving black market run by the intelligence services) to the hotels where the cheapest, at 20-30 euro per night, you can find a clean and comfortable. For young people, I recommend relying on couchsurfing.com , virtual community of people who exchange for free accommodation and in Bucharest is very fed .

For meals, the choice is virtually unlimited. Restaurants at every street corner, medium-high quality and low prices. A must is the Caru cu Bere. Its atmosphere and décor early twentieth century, the beer hand, the excellent traditional food - meat dishes, soups and delicious desserts - transform the experience in a short time that it catapults you into the 'Paris of the East' of the '20s and '30s. The restaurant is located in one of the oldest and most beautiful of Bucharest, the district Lipscani, once a major trading center, now condensed bohemian clubs and bars. Nearby, a stone's throw from the university , on the roof of the National Theatre, is home to one of the most famous clubs in the city: the Motoare. Framed by the clear summer sky, with murals and looks that are busy in conversations without end, is Motoare the perfect place to enjoy the aspirations and frustrations of the students in Bucharest.

A walk from Parliament until Unirii Square, the building designed by mastodintica Ceau Ş escu, going over what was once called the Victory of Socialism Boulevard, surely will disappear the last traces of nostalgia in even the Orthodox supporters of Marx & Co. A visit inside the building is an option, but the building also houses the Museum of Contemporary Art, home of innovative exhibitions, I prefer the more classic tour inside the palace.

The people like to spend in Bucharest the weekend in the parks: the most beautiful There Ş migiu, built in 1847, the oldest of the capital, and Herastrau, within which is located Village Museum, reconstruction of housing, customs and traditions of rural Romania. The museum is located, more or less every month, a craft fair, where you can buy from the other icons and other objects isprati the Orthodox tradition. And by the way, the city has lots of places of worship. The highlights include the Church of the Old Princely Court and the Mic Eleutherios small, located in one of the most beautiful cities, Cotroceni, which is built around the current home of the president.

just 3-4 hours by train and arrive in the land of Dracula, Transylvania. There, between the mountains and virgin forests, you can visit some charming medieval towns, including Bra ov Ş, Ş Sigh Timisoara, Sinaia and Sibiu (European Capital of Culture in 2007), and of course the castle of Bran, the whose name is inextricably linked to that of the world's most famous vampire. Sleeping in one of the many farmhouses, castles and walking in and around city centers, you can easily meet Italian tourists, as Transylvania is one of the usual steps for compatriots who twill beyond the Balkans. So hurry up, Romania is waiting for you.

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The new Romanian cinema so loved at Cannes

Collect prizes at festivals all over the world, but particularly worshiped at Cannes is the new Romanian cinema. Last film in order to win time in the city of Croise t you, is "Poliţist, adjectiv" the 33-year-Corneliu Porumboiu , which has a Cannes award tten or even two. and the story of a young policeman who pawn a teenager accused of peddling hashish from a peer: making the arrest will result in detective a crisis of conscience. The work is a test of maturity for Porumboiu, who had already won Cannes in 2006 with "East of Bucharest", debut film, ironic and poignant comedy about the revolution in 1989 that has dethroned Ceuşeascu (the literal translation of the Romanian title is: 'there was or was not there?').

Remember Umberto D. Dante Remus Lazarescu, 63, star of "The Death of Mr. Lazarescu," Cristi Puiu's 2005 film of that photographer's odyssey of an old man and only one hospital to another in the rainy night in Bucharest. Some have likened the new Romanian cinema to Italian neo-realism: i have many traits in common, above all the context that led to the newfound freedom and the 'reconstruction' after the dark years of dictatorship. Here's what he says about Porumboiu, in an interview last April in the journal "Observatory on the Balkans": "This is not a new wave, at least not in programmatic terms. We have no dogma common. At the same time I see that we share the same movie taste. We make a kind of cinema that comes from vita reale, con personaggi che solitamente non vengono trattati, film che parlano della Romania di oggi... Soprattutto direi che cerchiamo di non mistificare, diversamente da quanto avveniva prima della rivoluzione”.

E la Romania di oggi è ovviamente anche immigrazione e voglia di fuggire. “Le ragazze italiane” di Napoleon Helmis (2004) è la storia di due sorelle che lasciano il loro villaggio per andare in Spagna, dove da illegali raccolgono fragole. Al loro ritorno, fingeranno di essere state in Italia. Sulla stessa lunghezza d'onda “Occident”, primo lungometraggio dell'ormai celebre Cristian Mungiu, premiato con la Palma d'Oro 2007 per “4 mesi, 3 settimane, 2 giorni”, film that has had considerable success in Italy and cost less than € 600,000. What is not an isolated case Mungiu, the Romanian cinema makes a virtue of necessity and becomes the tight budget in the strengths of a film without special effects, direct language, simple textures and weaves imaginative stories full of tenderness and bitterness , characteristics which place it next to that of Iran and South Korea, one of the most original and innovative phenomena of recent years.

is a film that questions the current and past attempts to shed light on dark times of communist dictatorship. Away from history with the 's' capital, the new Romanian films strive to show events in the suburbs and provinces, lives submerged and forgotten. Like "Tales from the Golden Age (2009), omnibus film, five episodes and as many directors, one of which is precisely Mungiu, urban legends that resurrects the past few years dell''età gold 'for comedy with Ceuşeascu and surrealism.

The directors of the 'nouvelle vague' Romanian mentioned so far are all 30-40 years old are the baby-boom generation, those born after abortion ban of 1966 (which was inspired by the theme "4 months 3 weeks 2 days), almost all authors out by the Academy of Theatre Arts and Film in Bucharest who have just started their twenties. Do not forget that: Catalin Mitulescu, Ruxandra Zenide, Peter Calin Netzer, Tudor Giurgiu, and Cristian Radu Munteanu Nemescu, who directed "California Dreamin '" (2007), just twenty-seven died in a car accident without completing the work, from gypsy atmosphere à la Kusturica, set in a small Romanian village during the war in Kosovo. Opera of course winning at Cannes.