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Cristian Bota, one of the most active and successful young actors in Romania, returns to the big screen with a role in a comedy film entitled <\/span><\/span>\u021a\u0103nd\u0103ri, <\/i><\/span><\/span>which recently opened in cinemas across the country. The first feature film by Bogdan Naumovici, who is mostly known as a creative director in advertising, is inspired by a real event: the players in a football match held in a village would stop playing every time a funerary cortege would pass by on their way to a nearby cemetery. Cristian Bota plays Enrique in the film, a young man full of airs who just got back from Spain. It\u2019s the first time the actor has a role in a comedy and the first time he works with Bogdan Naumovici. He spoke to RRI about this experience: <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt was first and foremost a new experience, because I hadn\u2019t been in a comedy film before. I\u2019d been in a TV series, <\/span><\/span>Bani negri<\/i><\/span><\/span>, <\/span><\/span>which could have been considered a comedy, but I chose to emphasise different things, I tried to highlight my character\u2019s innocence and the seriousness of his predicament. So it was a challenge being in a comedy and accepting that it\u2019s an entirely comic role and that I would be doing everything to be funny. I think maybe I was a little afraid of playing in this kind of commercial comedy, because privately I love art house films. However, being 32 years old, I decided that I would break down all my barriers, whatever they may be. And from now on I would like to also play comic roles because I found a joy in this type of character. A comedy implies a different kind of shooting, of composition and of relating to the other characters. Art house film focus on the atmosphere, pay great attention to the cinematography and to the sound and the way in which these elements are connected, while commercial comedies focus more on the situations in which the characters find themselves, they have a lot of dialogue and are very dynamic, it all happens at high speed. There are, however, some rules in a comedy film for writing the jokes, a certain rhythm, a sense of dynamism that is developed in such a way as not to bore the public.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

A graduate of the I.L. Caragiale National University of Theatre and Film in Bucharest, Cristian Bota has so far been involved in more than 20 different projects. He featured in the series<\/span><\/span> Clanul<\/i><\/span><\/span>\u00a0(<\/span><\/span>directed by <\/span><\/span>Anghel Damian) <\/span><\/span>and <\/span><\/span>Bani negri<\/i><\/span><\/span>\u00a0(<\/span><\/span>directed by D<\/span><\/span>aniel Sandu), <\/span><\/span>as well as a lot of feature films, including <\/span><\/span>The Father Who Moves Mountains <\/i><\/span><\/span>(2021, <\/span><\/span>directed by <\/span><\/span>Daniel Sandu), <\/span><\/span>Heidi<\/i><\/span><\/span> (2019, <\/span><\/span>directed by<\/span><\/span> C\u0103t\u0103lin Mitulescu), <\/span><\/span>One Step Behind the Seraphim <\/i><\/span><\/span>(2017, <\/span><\/span>directed by<\/span><\/span> Daniel Sandu), <\/span><\/span>In Perfect Health <\/i><\/span><\/span>(2017, <\/span><\/span>directed by <\/span><\/span>regia Anca Damian), <\/span><\/span>Octav<\/i><\/span><\/span> (2017, <\/span><\/span>directed by<\/span><\/span> Serge Ioan Celibidachi). <\/span><\/span>His first lead role was in <\/span><\/span>White Gate <\/i><\/span><\/span>(2014), <\/span><\/span>a drama directed by <\/span><\/span>Nicolae M\u0103rgineanu <\/span><\/span>about the lives of the inmates at the Danube-Black Sea Canal forced labour camps created by the former communist regime.<\/span><\/span> Cristian Bota:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhite Gate was my first feature film and the first time I worked with director <\/span><\/span> Nicolae M\u0103rgineanu, <\/span><\/span>who, alongside <\/span><\/span>Stere Gulea, <\/span><\/span>is one of the most experienced directors in Romania<\/span><\/span>. <\/span><\/span>I like giving my best shot, as I did in this film. I do the same in my private life, with my kids, and on the tennis court. I can\u2019t do any other way, I can\u2019t work without getting emotionally involved. I can\u2019t do things unless I really love them, I can\u2019t do things I don\u2019t believe in. Projects like these oblige me to do things in this way and I think I will continue to do so.<\/span><\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Cristian Bota <\/span><\/span>also played an important role in one of the most successful Romanian short films in recent years, <\/span><\/span>A Night in Tokoriki<\/i><\/span><\/span> (2016), by Roxana Stroe. The film was produced as part of a masters course at the university and won the special prize for best short film from the international jury of the Generation 14plus sidebar at the Berlin International Film Festival and the best cinematography award at the Student Film Festival in Tel Aviv. Cristian Bota tells us more:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cRoxana Stroe is, I might say, my favourite director and I\u2019m sorry she hasn\u2019t made any feature films yet. She knows how to highlight my talents more than any other director I\u2019ve worked with. Apart from the Berlin Film Festival, where it won an award, <\/span><\/span>A Night in Tokoriki<\/i><\/span><\/span> travelled to many festivals and I think it\u2019s the most successful film I\u2019ve been in, even if it\u2019s a short film. I was in two other short films by Roxana Stroe, <\/span><\/span>Appalachia<\/i><\/span><\/span>, where I play a blonde motorcyclist, and <\/span><\/span>London<\/i><\/span><\/span>. It\u2019s a joy for me to work with her and indeed, <\/span><\/span>A Night in Tokoriki <\/i><\/span><\/span>is one of my dearest projects.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Cristian Bota <\/span><\/span>also wrote and directed the short films <\/span><\/span>Karmasutra, <\/i><\/span><\/span>which was nominated for the Gopo Awards, and <\/span><\/span>Lame Duck<\/i><\/span><\/span>, from 2016, and is now working on a new film.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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