Aferim!

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Adventure Comedy Drama History Western

Set in early 19th century Romania, a policeman, Costandin, is hired by a nobleman to find a Gypsy slave who has run away from his estate after having an affair with his wife.Set in early 19th century Romania, a policeman, Costandin, is hired by a nobleman to find a Gypsy slave who has run away from his estate after having an affair with his wife.Set in early 19th century Romania, a policeman, Costandin, is hired by a nobleman to find a Gypsy slave who has run away from his estate after having an affair with his wife.

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IMDb RATING

7.6/10

8.1K

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Awards
- 23 wins & 7 nominations total

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Aferim!

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Trivia
"Aferim!" is an Ottoman Turkish expression meaning "Bravo!".

Goofs
When she talks with Constandin, Smaranda calls him Carfin once.

Quotes
The Priest: Each nation has its purpose. The Jews, to cheat, the Turks, to do harm, us Romanians to love and suffer like Christ. And each has their habits. Hebrews reads a lot, Greeks talks a lot, Turks has many wives, Arabs has many teeth, Germans smokes a lot, Hungarians eats a lot, Russians drinks a lot, English thinks a lot, French likes fashion a lot, Armenians are lazy, Circassians wears much lace, Italians lies a lot, Serbians cheats a lot, Gypsies get beaten! Gypsies must be slaves.

Connections
Featured in Bir Sigmund Weinberg belge-meseli (2020)

Soundtracks
Tipto tiptis
Original music composed by Antonie Pantoleon-Petroveanu (as Anton Pann)
Performed by Florin Iordan, Marian Cleante (violin), Sandu Constantin (vocals), Gheorghe Falcaru (whistle)

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Featured review

9/10

excellent, a continuation of the new generation of Romanian directors

Indeed, you have to know the 19th century background of Romania, however it portraits it in a very good manner: the atmosphere of the epoch and the subject is dealt with in depth! It seems that we already saw this movie (or its subject)with other slaves (mostly black people in other countries endorsing slavery)however this one is a special case.All actors are excellent and the black and white colors intensify the dramatic aspects (wonderful forest takes!). I am lucky to know modern Romanian, because the dialog is very important, revealing the behavior, tradition and prejudices of the time (that in some areas of the country are still there...)far away from so called "politically correctness" endorsed in the western culture!(watch the priest opinion about different nations, especially the Jews!). In relation to dialogue, the last sentences of the father to his shocked son are an excellent example of how most of the people behave in face of horrors and injustice!