"Alice T." directed by Radu Muntean at the Locarno Festival Competition

"Alice T.", the latest feature film directed by Radu Muntean ("The Paper Will Be Blue", "Tuesday After Christmas"), will premiere on August 4th, at the Locarno Festival International Competition, in the Golden Leopard, the grand prize awarded by the jury of the Swiss festival, which has published its selection today. With a screenplay signed by Alexandru Baciu, Radu Muntean and Răzvan Rădulescu, Alice Tarpan (Andra Gutii), almost 17, follows the relationship with her adoptive mother, Bogdana (Mihaela Sirbu), against a background of complicated adolescence, can be seen in a statement published by Cinemagia

"Alice T." is the sixth feature film by Radu Muntean. The film is a co-production of Romania-France-Sweden, produced by Multi Media East (MME), the house with which the director directed all his previous films. Along with Andra Guti and Mihaela Sirbu, Cristina Hambasanu, Ela Ionescu, Bogdan Dumitrache, Teo Corban, Alina Berzunteanu, Serban Pavlu and Maria Popistaşu are among the actors. International sales are handled by Films Boutique. The film already has a distributor in France, Bac Films, and Voodoo Films will distribute it in Romania.

Radu Muntean is in the second selection at the Locarno Film Festival, having participated in the official competition of 2010 with "The Paper Will Be Blue". The 71st edition of the Festival will be held from August 1 to 11, 2018. The festival was established in 1946 and is one of the oldest film festivals, being recognized as a prestigious platform for film and television. art. The list of directors who have debuted on the international scene at Locarno IFF includes names such as Milos Forman, Mike Leigh, Béla Tarr, Aleksandr Sokourov, Atom Egoyan, Jim Jarmusch, Spike Lee, Abbas Kiarostami, Gus Van Sant and Fatih Akin. The festival has undergone a remarkable development under the direction of the artistic director Carlo Chatrian, who recently received the proposal to continue his work by taking the artistic direction of the Berlin Festival

Synopsis: Alice Tarpan, at the age 17, she, a complicated teen. It's not just a question of school, or she does not know who she was pregnant with, but mostly because her adoptive mother discovered all of this.

Radu Muntean (1971, Bucharest) graduated from the Romanian Academy of Theater and Film – Film Direction in 1994. He made his debut in the award-winning feature film "Furia" (2002) of the best Romanian film. debut. In 2006, "The Paper Will Be Blue" was the world premiere of the Locarno International Competition, later screened in more than 60 international festivals and awarded numerous festivals such as Sarajevo, EURASIA, Namur and Cottbus. Follow "Boogie" (2008), premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, Directors' Fortnight, "Tuesday after Christmas" (2010) and "One Upstairs Floor" (2015), both presented in Certain Regard "at the Festival

Alice T., 2018, 105 min., Romania-France-Sweden Directed by Radu Muntean Scenario: Alexandru Baciu, Radu Muntean, Răzvan Rădulescu Executive Producer: Dragoş Vîlcu Image: Tudor Lucaciu RSC Scenography: Anca Lazar Editing: Andu Radu Sound: Electric Brother Sound Engineer: André Rigaut Colorist: Mats Holmgren CSI Sound Mix: Fredrik Dalenfjäll Costumes: Eliza Frone Assistant Director: Constantin Bazga Script Supervisor: Elena Văncică Production Manager: Dragoş Potop Producers: Dragoş Vîlcu, Oana Iancu Co-producers: François d'Artemare, Tomas Eskilsson, Jon Mankell, Katarina Krave With: Andra Guti, Mihaela Sîrbu, Cristina Hămbăşanu, Ela Ionescu, Bogdan Dumitrache, Teo Corban, A lina Berzunţeanu, Şerban Pavlu, Maria Popistaşu. Produced by Multi Media East, The Afternoon Films, Chimney, Film i Väst. Distributed in Romania by Voodoo Films.