Offset (film)
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Offset is a 2006 film Drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...

 directed and written by Didi Danquart. It was filmed in Bucharest
Bucharest
Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....

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Plot

The plot goes around the lives of the soon to be married Stefan (Felix Klare) a German working in Romania for a wealthy and exentric printing company owner, Nicu Iorga (Răzvan Vasilescu
Răzvan Vasilescu
Răzvan Vasilescu is a Romanian actor. He has appeared in 40 films and television shows since 1979. He starred in The Oak, which was screened out of competition at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival.-Selected filmography:...

) and Brindusa Alexandra Maria Lara
Alexandra Maria Lara
Alexandra Maria Lara is a Romanian-born German actress. She performs predominantly in leading roles in a variety of historical and crime films...

 Nicu's secretary. Life seems great for both of them, despite the eminent long affair that Nicu held with Brindusa. Everything gets prepared for the wedding, Stefan's family arrives, they both buy their wedding dresses and even a newly arrived German (who was set to replace Stefan at the printing due to Nicu's anger with him) Peter Gross (Bruno Cathomas) is invited to the wedding after he became friends with both Stefan and Brindusa. All was set to happen but during the wedding ceremony, Nicu arrives with henchmen and with a gun in his hands. He walks around the place performing threats to every one present; Stefan's father Ernst (Manfred Zapatka) and Brindusa's father Mr Hergehelegiu; he even gets to the point were he strikes Peter on the nose. After this he quickly shoots himself and is taken to the hospital. There Brindusa reveals to Stefan that he should go to Germany to pursue a better life, revealing to him that she is sort of attached to Nicu. Although there is no specification, it is assumed Nicu survived the shot. The film ends with a raged Stefan asking Peter about his nose just outside the hospital, after that both go away down the road.

Characters

  • Stefan - Felix Klare
  • Brindusa - Alexandra Maria Lara
    Alexandra Maria Lara
    Alexandra Maria Lara is a Romanian-born German actress. She performs predominantly in leading roles in a variety of historical and crime films...

  • Nicu Iorga - Razvan Vasilescu
    Răzvan Vasilescu
    Răzvan Vasilescu is a Romanian actor. He has appeared in 40 films and television shows since 1979. He starred in The Oak, which was screened out of competition at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival.-Selected filmography:...

  • Mr Hergehelegiu - Valentin Platareanu
  • Stefan Fathers Mr Ernst - Manfred Zapatka
  • Peter Gross - Bruno Cathomas
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