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Experimentul Pitesti

2023 [ROMANIAN]

Biography / Drama / History

IMDb Rating 5.8/10 10 201 201

based on true story torture period drama humiliation prison brutality

Plot summary

The life story of Herman, a promising young man who under extreme circumstances changed into Romania's most effective torture machine in the infamous Pitesti Experiment during the Communist Regime

Director

Victoria Baltag Photo
Victoria Baltag

Top cast

Ion Caramitru Photo
Ion Caramitru as Unchiul Corneliu
Claudiu-Cristian Prisecaru Photo
Claudiu-Cristian Prisecaru as Iron Guard team leader
Axel Moustache Photo
Axel Moustache as Aurel
Rares Lucaci Photo
Rares Lucaci as Marcu
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789.26 MB
1280*570
Romanian 2.0
NR
25 fps
1 hr 25 min
Seeds 3
1.43 GB
1920*856
Romanian 2.0
NR
25 fps
1 hr 25 min
Seeds 1

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by abi-maxim 7 / 10

Decent movie

I've seen the movie and wanted to say a few words while it's fresh in my memory.Given the budget and the notoriety of the actors involved, I'd say it's a decent attempt to re-create the historical facts behind the real "Pitesti experiment".It's not meant to be politically correct nor it does so. I would like to praise the performance of the actor that was cast as the leading role, he did a pretty good job to get inside the part. It shows perfectly how one can become just a tool of the regime when the self-preservation instinct becomes the only thing that drives their actions.There are some scenes where the dialogue seems a bit sub-par or clumsy, but I think,overall, it manages to build upon and puts the viewer in the unsettling landscape of the prison horrors that occured back then. Some prison scenes are really hard to watch and will give some anxiety even to the toughest mind.On a side note, this topic remains a dreadful page on Romania's history to this day, having left the main voices responsible for these horrors unaccounted for and unpunished.
Reviewed by persbog 10 / 10

Great movie ?

If I have not succeeded through my articles and my direct experiences with the Romanian State reported on my blog as a free journalist and investigative sociologist in Romania to convince you that Romania is a Discreet Dictatorship and not a real democracy, surely the director of the film "The Pitesti Experiment", Victoria Baltag (My God, what a name! Reminds me of Vitoria Lipan from Baltagul; she seems like a woman destined from birth to carry the mission of bringing justice to the victims of communism even after death).Victoria Baltag's film is recognized by the free critics in Romania as the film of the year 2023. But not by the Ministry of Culture and the Romanian State through its various cultural institutions, who refused to support the movie for the simple fact that today's politicians of the Single Party (PSD, PNL and their satellites AUR and SOS) in Romania, the children of those who caused the drama presented in the film The Pitesti Experiment, do not want to put their parents-torturers or just nomenclaturists of communism with the role of witnesses or even instigators at the time, in the embarrassing situation of having to remember the acts of cruelty described in the film.I think this film is important for the culture of every Romanian, both of those who lived the harsh experience of communism but only later learned of its extent, just as the world learned about the horrors of Nazism and the Holocaust only after World War II, as well as of the young people who had no chance to know this dark side of Romania's recent history because today's descendants of yesterday's torturers rather wanted to hide the collective drama and trauma of this people linked to communism and communists. A drama which, as you will understand from Victoria Baltag's words, but also from my articles, is continued, even if discreetly, by the children of the communists who rule Romania today.So I invite you to see this film which promises to be memorable and then write your honest and undisguised opinions about it on Facebook, where even in a discreet dictatorship like Romania, Freedom of Expression is still full.Enjoy your viewing!
Reviewed by coupleocherry 8 / 10

Truthful representation of a horrid episode in human history

I find it difficult to state how I feel having seen the movie. I know it is not for the faint hearted but it is necessary, critical in our days to know the truth, the history as it happened.It may be hard for people to relate today although, looking at the current conflict in Ukraine, authoritarianism is very present nowadays.The fact the movie was made without a budget and still very much managed to reflect reality and provide a glimpse into what was the darkest, most cruel, dehumanising process in Romanian history (possibly not just Romanian history) is a fantastic thing in itself.It reminds me once more that cruelty has no political or religious affiliation. It is a human being that simply lost their humanity.The only reason for the rating is due to the gruesome representation. Not the kind of movie I'd like to see over and over.
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