Tipografic Majuscul

• Authors: Istrate Marta-Raluca
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

„Tipografic Majuscul‟ („Uppercase Print‟), Radu Jude‟s latest feature, is the story of a highschool student who, during the communist regime, had the courage to write protest messages on his hometown walls. In 1981, Mugur Călinescu, 16 at the time, wrote slogans against the oppressive and dictatorial government which impelled the Secret Romanian Police („Securitate‟) to open two files regarding this subject matter. The film is an adaptation of Gianina Cărbunariu‟s documentary play presenting excerpts from those two files, „The Panel‟ and „The Student‟. Radu Jude‟s film impeccably knits cold dialogues with excerpts of propaganda footage from Romanian TV programmes of the time, creating a discrepancy between the cruel communism reality and the images presented on the National Television. The „Securitate‟ arrested and investigated Mugur Călinescu, serving him each time during the interrogations an unavoidable coffee which was speculated to be poisonous and connected to his death in 1985.

Keywords

EN

communism; protest; Securitate; investigation; propaganda

• Publisher: Inter Litteras Research Centre, STEFAN CEL MARE University, Suceava, Romania; STEFAN CEL MARE Publishing House
• Journal: Concordia Discors vs Discordia Concors: Researches into Comparative Literature, Contrastive Linguistics, Cross-Cultural and Translation Strategies
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 13
• Pages: 139-146
• Document type: research review

Contributors

author

Istrate Marta-Raluca

• “Ștefan cel Mare” University of Suceava, Romania