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””’The New Year That Never Came””’ ({{langx|ro|Anul Nou care n-a fost}}) is a 2024 Romanian [[Historical film|historical]] [[tragicomedy]] film written and directed by Bogdan Mureșanu in his feature directorial debut. Based on Mureșanu’s 2018 short film, ”The Christmas Gift”, it stars {{ill|Adrian Văncică|ro}}, Nicoleta Hâncu, {{ill|Iulian Postelnicu|ro}}, {{ill|Mihai Călin|ro}}, {{ill|Emilia Dobrin|ro}}, and Andrei Miercure. It premiered at the [[81st Venice International Film Festival]] on 1 September 2024, where it won the ”[[Orizzonti]]” Award for Best Film.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Wiseman |first1=Andreas |last2=Tartaglione |first2=Nancy |date=7 September 2024 |title=Venice Winners: Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘The Room Next Door’ Wins The Golden Lion; Also Wins For Nicole Kidman, Brady Corbet, ‘I’m Still Here’ & More |url=https://deadline.com/2024/09/venice-film-festival-2024-awards-winners-full-list-1236080995/ |access-date=7 September 2024 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]] |language=en-US |archive-date=7 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240907173622/https://deadline.com/2024/09/venice-film-festival-2024-awards-winners-full-list-1236080995/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The film received a theatrical release in Romania on 24 September 2024.

””’The New Year That Never Came””’ ({{langx|ro|Anul Nou care n-a fost}}) is a 2024 Romanian [[Historical film|historical]] [[tragicomedy]] film written and directed by Bogdan Mureșanu in his feature directorial debut. Based on Mureșanu’s 2018 short film, ”The Christmas Gift”, it stars {{ill|Adrian Văncică|ro}}, Nicoleta Hâncu, {{ill|Iulian Postelnicu|ro}}, {{ill|Mihai Călin|ro}}, {{ill|Emilia Dobrin|ro}}, and Andrei Miercure. It premiered at the [[81st Venice International Film Festival]] on 1 September 2024, where it won the ”[[Orizzonti]]” Award for Best Film.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Wiseman |first1=Andreas |last2=Tartaglione |first2=Nancy |date=7 September 2024 |title=Venice Winners: Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘The Room Next Door’ Wins The Golden Lion; Also Wins For Nicole Kidman, Brady Corbet, ‘I’m Still Here’ & More |url=https://deadline.com/2024/09/venice-film-festival-2024-awards-winners-full-list-1236080995/ |access-date=7 September 2024 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]] |language=en-US |archive-date=7 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240907173622/https://deadline.com/2024/09/venice-film-festival-2024-awards-winners-full-list-1236080995/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The film received a theatrical release in Romania on 24 September 2024.

==Premise==

==Premise==

Latest revision as of 09:47, 28 October 2025

2024 Romanian film by Bogdan Mureșanu

The New Year That Never Came

Romanian theatrical release poster
Romanian Anul Nou care n-a fost
Directed by Bogdan Mureșanu
Screenplay by Bogdan Mureșanu
Based on The Christmas Gift
by Bogdan Mureșanu
Produced by
  • Bogdan Mureșanu
  • Vanja Kovačević
Starring
Cinematography
  • Boróka Biró
  • Tudor Platon
Edited by
  • Vanja Kovačević
  • Mircea Lăcătuș

Production
companies
  • Kinotopia
  • All Inclusive Films
  • TVR

Release dates
  • 1 September 2024 (2024-09-01) (Venice)
  • 24 September 2024 (2024-09-24) (Romania)

Running time

 138 minutes
Country Romania
Language Romanian

The New Year That Never Came (Romanian: Anul Nou care n-a fost) is a 2024 Romanian historical tragicomedy film written and directed by Bogdan Mureșanu in his feature directorial debut. Based on Mureșanu’s 2018 short film, The Christmas Gift, it stars Adrian Văncică [ro], Nicoleta Hâncu, Iulian Postelnicu [ro], Mihai Călin [ro], Emilia Dobrin [ro], and Andrei Miercure. It premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival on 1 September 2024, where it won the Orizzonti Award for Best Film.[1] The film received a theatrical release in Romania on 24 September 2024.

Six lives converge on 20 December 1989 amid the unrest of the Romanian revolution.

  • Adrian Văncică [ro] as Gelu
  • Nicoleta Hâncu as Florina Miu, an actress from the Nottara Theater [ro]
  • Iulian Postelnicu [ro] as Ionuț Dincă, a Securitate officer
  • Mihai Călin [ro] as Ștefan Silvestru, a TVR director
  • Emilia Dobrin [ro] as Margareta Dincă, Ionuț’s mother
  • Andrei Miercure as Laurențiu Silvestru, Ștefan and Alina’s son, a student
  • Ioana Flora as Mariana, Gelu’s wife
  • Ada Galeș as Camelia Dincă, Ionuț’s wife
  • Marian Râlea [ro] as Mihalcea, a TVR producer
  • Gabriel Radu [ro] as Gabi, a TVR cameraman
  • Manuela Hărăbor as Alina Silvestru, Ștefan’s wife and Laurențiu’s mother
  • Ion Sapdaru [ro] as Comrade Vârtosu, the head of TVR
  • Angel Popescu as Alex
  • Vlad Ionuț Popescu as Vlad, Laurențiu’s best friend
  • Victoria Raileanu as Lili, an actress
  • Elvira Deatcu [ro] as doamnă
  • Gabriel Spahiu as Benghe, Florina’s neighbor
  • Vasile Muraru [ro] as Uncle Romică
  • Theodor Șoptelea as Manu
  • Sorin Cociș as Stamate
  • Răzvan Vasilescu as the theater director
  • Ilinca Hărnuț [ro] as the scenographer
  • Luca Toma as Marius, Gelu and Mariana’s son
  • Mircea Andreescu as Uncle Chican
  • Ioan Paraschiv as the investigator
  • Doru Cătănescu as the postman
  • Nicodim Ungureanu [ro] as the taxi driver
  • Marius Damian as Uncle Jiji
  • Marian Adochiței as Berlogea
  • Dana Voicu as a pharmacist
  • Afrodita Androne [ro] as the set secretary
  • Virgil Aioanei as Gelu’s coworker
  • Vlad Jipa as Comrade Marcel

The film expands on characters from director Bogdan Mureșanu’s 2018 short film, The Christmas Gift.[2] Regarding the feature film’s conception, Mureșanu stated, “I was interested in the humanity of small lives exposed to great historical events and how they deal with the feeling of a disappearing world.”[3] Principal photography took place in and around Bucharest. Filming also took place in Gostinu, a commune roughly an hour outside of Bucharest.[4] Cinematographer Biró Boróka utilized the Arri Alexa Mini for filming.[5] Filming was completed by 28 September 2023.[6]

The trailer was released on 28 August 2024.[7] The film premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival on 1 September 2024 as part of the Orizzonti competition.[8][9] The following day, Memento Distribution acquired the French distribution rights to the film.[10] The film received a theatrical release in Romania on 24 September 2024.[11] On its opening weekend, it topped the Romanian box office with over 20,000 admissions.[12] It opened the South East European Film Festival in April 2025.[13]

Ștefan Dobroiu of Cineuropa wrote, “…The New Year That Never Came is a powerful example of how cinema can become a time machine that teleports us to a certain era, bringing us back to safety just as the issues of that period seep into our very soul.”[14] Wendy Ide of Screen Daily wrote, “There’s a lot going on, and initially, the film coasts a little, before gradually picking up momentum. But a near 20-minute final sequence, set to Ravel‘s Bolero, builds to an explosive crescendo, seamlessly blending archive footage into the action and capturing the exhilarating impact of history in the making.”[15]

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  2. ^ Popa Buluc, Magdalena (30 August 2024). “S-a lansat trailerul filmului ANUL NOU CARE N-A FOST! Cu: Adrian Văncică, Nicoleta Hâncu, Iulian Postelnicu, Emilia Dobrin, Andrei Miercure și Mihai Călin”. Jurnalul Național (in Romanian). Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  3. ^ Tănăsescu, Alexandra (1 September 2024). “Filmul “Anul Nou care n-a fost”, regizat de Bogdan Mureșanu, a avut azi premiera la Veneția”. Cultura la dubă (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 1 September 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  4. ^ Andrei, Ileana (30 August 2024). “Bogdan Mureșanu: România este țara în care olimpicii la înot nu au bazine, iar cineaștii nu au săli de cinema”. IQads (in Romanian). Retrieved 30 August 2024.
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  6. ^ Dobroiu, Ștefan (28 September 2023). “Bogdan Mureșanu picture-locks his first feature, The New Year That Never Came”. Cineuropa. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  7. ^ Balaga, Marta (28 August 2024). “In ‘The New Year That Never Came’ Bogdan Muresanu Urges People to Remember Ugliness of Ceausescu’s Regime – and to Check Santa’s CV (Exclusive)”. Variety. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  8. ^ Aricò, Giacomo (2 August 2024). “Festival di Venezia 2024, si comincia: il programma con film, date e le star più attese”. Vogue Italia (in Italian). Archived from the original on 27 September 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  9. ^ Chiriac, Adriana (31 August 2024). “Festivalul Internațional de Film de la Veneția. “Anul Nou care n-a fost / The New Year That Never Came” are premiera mondială pe 1 septembrie”. Radio Impuls (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 31 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  10. ^ Keslassy, Elsa (2 September 2024). “Memento Distribution Nabs Venice Horizons Title ‘The New Year That Never Came’ for France (Exclusive)”. Variety. Archived from the original on 2 September 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  11. ^ Șchiopu, Ana-Maria (28 July 2024). ““Anul Nou care n-a fost”, lungmetrajul de debut al lui Bogdan Mureșanu, va avea premiera mondială la Festivalul de la Veneția”. Adevărul (in Romanian). Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  12. ^ Dobroiu, Ştefan (3 October 2024). “The New Year That Never Came tops the Romanian box office”. Cineuropa. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  13. ^ Carey, Matthew (11 April 2025). “20th South East European Film Festival Reveals Lineup: Oscar Nominees, Sundance Prize Winners, And One ‘Nasty’ Documentary”. Deadline. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
  14. ^ Dobroiu, Ștefan (2 September 2024). “Review: The New Year That Never Came”. Cineuropa. Archived from the original on 2 September 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  15. ^ Ide, Wendy (2 September 2024). “‘The New Year That Never Came’: Venice Review”. Screen Daily. Archived from the original on 2 September 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  16. ^ Bleasdale, John (23 November 2024). “‘The New Year That Never Came,’ Black Comedy About a Repressive Regime, Seizes Top Prize at Cairo Film Festival”. Variety. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  17. ^ Stojiljković, Marko (5 May 2025). “The New Year That Never Came and The Flats crowned at Crossing Europe”. Cineuropa. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
  18. ^ Szalai, Georg (5 November 2024). “European Film Awards: ‘The Substance,’ ‘Emilia Pérez,’ ‘The Room Next Door,’ Daniel Craig, Ralph Fiennes, Tilda Swinton Among Nominees”. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
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  20. ^ Ramachandran, Naman; Frater, Patrick (29 November 2024). “Lithuanian Drama ‘Toxic’ Wins Top Prize at 55th International Film Festival of India”. Variety. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
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