Presented in association with the Romanian Cultural Institute.
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Victoria
+ Panel Discussion UK PremiereAna Vlad, Adi Voicu | Romania | 54 mins
The first thing you see when you enter the city of Victoria is a stone monument shaped like the letter V. V for Victory, V for the communist dream now left behind at the foot of the Fagaras mountains. Everyone in Victoria worked at at a chemical plant, which is now closed. The level of toxicity was very high and the ‘Chemistry’ has been taken effect. Those remaining in the city have witnessed the disappearance of their fellow citizens and former colleagues.
With the changes in Romanian society, foreign investors have emerged in Victoria. Now, locals are subjected every evening to a new terror. Every evening a stench emanates from an American factory. The emanations happen at nightfall, the air becoming thick with for a few hours. Not only are the residents subjected to the unbearable stench, it brings up old anxieties.
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