Closer to the Moon

2014

Action / Comedy / Crime / Drama

11
IMDb Rating 6.7/10 10 4455 4.5K

bank robbery

Plot summary

A Romanian police officer teams up with a small crew of bank robbers to pull off a heist by convincing everyone at the scene of the crime that they are only filming a movie.

Director

Nae Caranfil Photo
Nae Caranfil

Top cast

Vera Farmiga Photo
Vera Farmiga as Alice
Ionut Grama Photo
Ionut Grama as Boris
Tim Plester Photo
Tim Plester as Dumi
Laurentiu Bãnescu Photo
Laurentiu Bãnescu as Agent #6
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1.01 GB
1280*534
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 52 min
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2.07 GB
1920*800
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 52 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by catspeech 8 / 10

quirky fun film

Enjoyed watching this last night, good fun and a little less ordinary . well worth a watch
Reviewed by larrys3 5 / 10

Irreverent But Not Very Entertaining

Set in 1959 and '60, in Bucharest, Romania. and based on a true story, this film focuses on the plight of the group that was to become known as the Rosenthal Gang. The group led by Max Radoiu Rosenthal (Mark Strong) were all once daring Jewish Resistance fighters vs. the Nazis during WWII, in Romania. They were all Communists as well, and when the Soviet Union seized complete control over Eastern Europe after the war, many of these Resistance fighters held elite positions in Romania.However now over a decade later, many of the fighters are being blacklisted and purged from the country's hierarchy. As the film opens, the so-called Rosenthal gang is staging a daring daylight robbery of a bank transport van carrying loads of cash. They're using the pretense of making a movie as the heist progresses, in the middle of Martyrs' Square in Bucharest. Of course, this type of crime is unheard of in a Communist country.Flash forward a year, and we find the group has all been captured, tried, and sentenced to death by a firing squad for their crimes. However, before their executions can take place, the government wants to recreate their story in a propaganda film, that will serve as a lesson for the Romanian people.The movie, written and directed by Romanian filmmaker Nae Caranfil, is presented in a most irreverent and satirical way, which unfortunately only at times came across as entertaining to me. Towards the end of the film, as we finally learn the motivations of the "gang", it made little sense to me considering the dire consequences of what their actions could bring.Overall, I know this movie is presented in a most satirical way, but it had me "scratching my head" half of the time, specifically as to the path the main characters chose to take here.
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