THE TREASURE / BLAGO

COMOARA

Main program (competition) > Feature films

Costi (33) 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. 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.

Corneliu Porumboiu was born in 1975. in Vaslui. He studied film at the I.L.Caragiale University in Bucharest and received his degree in 2003. The two short films he directed that same year drew international attention:  „A Trip to the City“, followed by „Liviu’s Dream“. In his first feature film, „12:08 East of Bucharest“, Porumboiu offers a very humorous view of Romania’s 1989. revolution.  Corneliu Porumboiu carried on subtly combining his work on cinematic form with a dissection of the Romanian society in „Police, Adjective“, selected for Un Certain Regard in 2009. (Jury Prize).