Morgen
NELU, a man in his forties, works as a security guard in the local supermarket in Salonta, a small town on the Romanian-Hungarian border. This is the place where many illegal emigrants try to cross, by any means posible, to Hungary and then further to Western Europe. One morning, NELU will “fish” something different out of the river: a Turkish man trying to cross the border. Not able to communicate verballly, the two men will somehow understand each other. NELU takes the stranger to the farmhouse, gives him some dry clothes, food and shelter. He doesn’t really know how to help this stranger. The Turkish man gives NELU all the money he has on him so he will help him cross the border. Eventually, NELU takes the money and promises he will help him cross the border tomorrow, MORGEN…
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Cast
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Marian Crișan Director · Tudor Mircea Cinematographer Tudor Pojoni Editor
Worldwide gross $21K · Budget $790K · United States release November 10, 2012
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Budget
$790,000
Worldwide gross
$21,462
Production
Romanian National Center for Cinematography
Production
Mandragora
Production
Slot Machine
Production
Katapult Film
Production
France · Hungary · Romania
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Languages
Original language
Romanian
Spoken on screen
Hungarian · Romanian
Release dates
Switzerland · August 7, 2010
Locarno Film Festival
Romania · October 1, 2010
Theatrical
United States · November 10, 2012
St. Louis International Film Festival
France
February 2, 2011 · Theatrical
Greece
December 8, 2010 · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Hong Kong SAR China
March 26, 2011 · Hong Kong International Film Festival
Iceland
September 23, 2010 · Reykjavik International Film Festival
Malaysia
November 10, 2012 · European Union Film Festival
Sweden
February 3, 2011 · Göteborg International Film Festival
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