The Second Game
6.2
A deceptively simple set-up: the director and his father watch a 1988 football match which the father refereed, their commentary accompanying the original television images in real time. A Bucharest derby between the country’s leading teams, Dinamo and Steaua, taking place in heavy snow, one year before the revolution that toppled Ceaușescu.
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Cast
6 people
Corneliu Porumboiu Director
United States release April 11, 2014 · Produced in Romania · Original title Al doilea joc
Production
42 Km Film
Production
Romania
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Languages
Original title
Al doilea joc
Original language
Romanian
Spoken on screen
Romanian
Release dates
Germany · February 11, 2014
Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
United States · April 11, 2014
Art of the Real
Australia
June 7, 2014 · Sydney Film Festival
Austria
November 1, 2014 · Vienna International Film Festival
Czechia
April 9, 2015
Denmark
November 9, 2014 · CPH:DOX
France
July 2, 2014
Greece
November 1, 2014 · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Hong Kong SAR China
April 3, 2014 · Hong Kong International Film Festival
Ireland
March 22, 2015 · Jameson Dublin International Film Festival
Poland
May 15, 2015 · Docs Against Gravity Film Festival
Romania
June 13, 2026 · Premiere · Transilvania International Film Festival
Serbia
November 29, 2015 · FAF Belgrade
Spain
November 19, 2014 · Festival L'Alternativa - Barcelona
Sweden
January 24, 2015 · Göteborg Film Festival
United Kingdom
November 6, 2014 · Leeds International Film Festival
Uruguay
April 11, 2015 · Festival Internacional de Cine del Uruguay
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