The Young Dictator

Section: Zilele Filmului Românesc
Title: Tinerețea unui dictator
Director: Andy Lupu
Cast: Vlad Birzanu, Flavia Giurgiu
Duration: 2h 0m
Country: Romania
Language: ro
Year: 2022

A story of ultimate survival, showing how a fight for life can become an obsession for power and, finally, tyranny. The feature explores the one-of-a-kind itinerary of young Nicolae Ceauşescu, who started as a humble cobbler apprentice and ended, together with his wife Elena, as the leader of a murderous regime.