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Watch: Aferim! 2015 123movies, Full Movie Online – Set in early 19th century Wallachia, when a local policeman, Costandin, is hired by Iordache, a boyar (local noble), to find Carfin, a Gypsy slave who had run away from the boyar’s estate after having an affair with his wife, Sultana. Costandin sets out to find the fugitive, beginning a journey full of adventures. Gypsy slavery lasted from the 14th century up until the middle of the 19th century, a situation which is very little known and almost nonexistent in the public debate today, although its impact continues to influence Romania’s social life..
Plot: Set in early 19th century Wallachia, Romania, a policeman, Costandin, is hired by a nobleman to find a Gypsy slave who has run away from his estate after having an affair with his wife.
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Ratings:

	7.6/10 Votes: 7,304
	98% | RottenTomatoes
	84/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 79 Popularity: 5.86 | TMDB

Reviews:

Justice for Gypsies
Being based on lots of writings from that era, I suppose that this movie reflects a fair image of life in Tara Romaneasca (Wallachia) of the 19th Century, with its’ patterns and prejudices. It probably does some justice to today’s Romani, when Europe encounters them again and there is no narrative to explain who their ancestors were. And maybe it does some justice to today’s Romanians too, when the European public finds out what is the distinction between Romanians and Romani.

The movie can evoke amusement, disapproval, empathy. However, the spectator discovers more and more that comedy turns to tragedy.

I appreciate the fact that Aferim has complex characters that are not entirely positive or negative.

Could have been much better
There are good aspects to this film, but I also see a lot of unfulfilled potential. The main subject of this film is great, shedding light over the gipsy enslavement in the 19th century Estern Europe. The blame is shared all around from rulers to simple peasants and even the church is not spared(it is shown how the Orthodox Church was one of the biggest owners of slaves in the country). That being said the story is too linear, following only the main path of finding and returning the Carfin. Not much happens story-wise other than that. What happens in between, though is the dialogue that is filled with archaisms and local sayings, this being one of the best parts of the film. This film can be considered a treasure in this regard, bringing back to life the talk and sayings of that period. Chatacter development is not great, aside for the father figure, which towers above all the others with his anecdotes and wisdom. Teodor Corban plays a magnificent role, being stern but mercifull, being sad for the injustice in the world but also resolute with the fact that he cannot change the age. He shows honour and pride, and feeling that his life is close to it’s end, tries to pass on to his son as much of his wisdom as he can. The others do not play such good roles, maybe because their characters are not as developed and they do not have as much lines. The film could have been more cruel without the feel of it being exagerated. The decision of making this a black and white film could have been to show the bleak times. The scenery and landscape is great, but I feel a regret for not being able to see it in colour. A potential was wasted with the story not including an ecounter with the “haiduci” which were a tipe of romanian robin hood outlaws. They are only alluded to within the scene with the burned carriage. I appreciated the inclusion of the forest cutting dialogue, more as a slap to contemporary events. Overall I feel this film had great potential, had a solid ideea behind it, but at the end you receive a bland movie. It makes you think, but a masterpiece it is not.

Other Information:

Original Language ro
Runtime 1 hr 48 min (108 min)
Budget 1379375
Revenue 105097
Status Released
Rated Not Rated
Genre Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Director Radu Jude
Writer Radu Jude, Florin Lazarescu
Actors Teodor Corban, Mihai Comanoiu, Toma Cuzin
Country Romania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France
Awards 23 wins & 8 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix N/A
Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory Hungarian Filmlab / Magyar Filmlabor [hu], Magyar Filmlabor (processing)
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm (Eastman Double-X 5222)
Cinematographic Process N/A
Printed Film Format DCP