30 Years of Democracy

Dec 22, 2019

3h 1m

★ 8.0

Overview

Two journalists born in the mid '80s decide to take a look back at how their country changed in the last 30 years since the fall of communism. The end product is a documentary containing footage of political events and historical milestones significant to Romania accompanied by a narrator's voice walking the viewer through the events, and also interviews with Romanian politicians and other influential public figures sharing their thoughts and their different views on those events.

Genres

Documentary

History

Production Companies

Recorder

30 Years of Democracy Trailers

Cast

Self (archive footage)

Ilie Alexandru

Self (archive footage)

Ioan Amarie

Self (archive footage)

Crin Antonescu

Self

Liviu Avram

Self (archive footage)

Alexandru Barladeanu

Self (archive footage)

George Becali

Self (archive footage)

Vasile Blaga

Self (archive footage)

Tony Blair

Self (archive footage)

Teodor Brates

Self (archive footage)

George W. Bush

Self (archive footage)

Traian Băsescu

Self (archive footage)

Ion Caramitru

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