STUFF AND DOUGH
STUFF AND DOUGH
Stuff and Dough – Still 1 ©
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STUFF AND DOUGH

This year, we celebrate 25 years since the premiere of Stuff and Dough at the Cannes Film Festival, marking Cristi Puiu’s international debut and the beginning of the Romanian New Wave.
A young man from Constanța agrees to deliver a suitcase of goods for money. He will soon discover that this journey will change his beliefs about life forever.

English title:

Stuff and Dough

Original title:

Marfa și banii

Director:

Cristi Puiu

Country:

Romania

Genre:

fiction

Year:

2001

Length:

90

Cast:

Alexandru Papadopol, Ioana Flora, Dragoș Bucur, Răzvan Vasilescu, Luminița Gheorghiu, Ana Doru

A quote for the film:

“No one comes at me with a bat, you understand? No one comes at me with a bat.”

Selective list of festivals and awards:

Cannes Film Festival (2001, Directors' Fortnight), the Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema (2002, Winner: Abasto Award), the Transilvania International Film Festival (2011), the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (2001), Doclisboa International Film Festival (2014), the Bratislava International Film Festival (2001), and the Thessaloniki Film Festival (2001, Winner: Best Actor & FIPRESCI Prize, International Competition).

Director’s bio:

Cristi Puiu is the writer and the director known for the award-winning films: Stuff and Dough (2001), The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2005), Aurora (2010), Sieranevada (2016) and Malmkrog (2020). He is considered the initiator of the Romanian New Wave and one of the most significant filmmakers today. He was born on April 3rd, 1967 and he lives in Bucharest, Romania. Cristi Puiu studied arts and painting at the National School of Visual Arts of Geneva from 1992 but after the first year he switched to cinema studies up until 1996. During his studies, he directed his first short-feature film entitled Before Breakfast which was awarded at the Locarno Film Festival in 1995. Without quitting painting and visual arts, Cristi Puiu focused on cinema and he is now a scriptwriter, director and producer with his company Mandragora.

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