Love Sick (film)

Infobox Film
name = Love Sick


image_size =
caption = Movie poster
director = Tudor Giurgiu
producer = Tudor Giurgiu
writer = Razvan Radulescu
Cecilia Stefanescu
narrator =
starring = Maria Popistasu
Ioana Barbu
music = Vlaicu Golcea
cinematography = Alexandru Sterian
editing = Alexandru Radu
distributor = Transilvania Film
released = flagicon|Germany February 13 2006
flagicon|Romania March 17 2006
flagicon|USA June 8 2006
flagicon|UK April 1 2007
runtime = 86 mins.
country = Romania
France
language = Romanian
budget = €350,000 (estimated)
gross =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
website = http://www.legaturibolnavicioase.ro/en
amg_id = 1:346118
imdb_id = 0484437

"Love Sick" (Romanian: "Legături bolnăvicioase", "Sickly relationships") is a 2006 Romanian drama film directed by Tudor Giurgiu. It is a lesbian-themed love story that has been compared to "My Summer of Love".cite web |title=Age of innocence |first=Lucy |last=Muss |date=2006-02-20 |accessdate=2007-07-24 |url=http://film.guardian.co.uk/festivals/news/0,,1714052,00.html |work=The Guardian]

Plot

Alex and Cristina (Kiki) are university students who end up living in the same building. Their friendship develops quickly, overcoming several phases, from fellowship to care and tenderness. While the two are very different, the two girls get along fine, except for the moments when a third character shows up — Sandu. Kiki’s brother is permanently tormented by an unnatural jealousy which implies an incestuous liaison between the two siblings.cite web |title=Love Sick by Tudor Giurgiu |url=http://www.librafilm.net/legaturi-bolnavicioase-by-tudor-giurgiu |accessdate=2007-07-24 |work=Libra Film] .

Unlike other recent Romanian films, it is not a reflection on Romania's communist or post-communist history; the country is merely a background for the different relationships.

Cast

*Maria Popistasu as Kiki
*Ioana Barbu as Alex
*Tudor Chirila as Sandu
*Catalina Murgea as Mrs. Benes
*Mircea Diaconu as Mr. Dragnea
*Virginia Mirea as Mrs. Dragnea
*Tora Vasilescu as Mrs. Parvulescu
*Valentin Popescu as Mr. Parvulescu
*Mihai Dinvale as Prof. Mihailescu
*Carmen Tanase as Waitress
*Puya as Taxi driver
*Mihaela Radulescu as Mrs. Negulescu
*Robert Paschall Jr. as Bo

Background

The film was adapted from a novel by Cecilia Stefanescu. [Têtu, July-August 2007 issue, page 26]

Awards

*Love Sick shared the grand jury prize in November 2006 at the 19th edition of the Image+Nation Festival, Montreal, Canada's LGBT Film Festival. [ [http://www.image-nation.org/2006/mise-eng.php Image+Nation Festival Audience Choice Awards for 2006] ] [ [http://www.indiewire.com/buzz/queer_cinema.html indieWire] ]
*Actress Maria Popistasu won Jury Special Award for Performance at the 'Anonimul' International Film Festival in Romania. [ [http://uwromania.rso.wisc.edu/ROFILM/ROFILMfest.html Romanian Film Festival] ]
*Actress Ioana Barbu won Best Actress at the Pécs International Film Festival. [ [http://uwromania.rso.wisc.edu/ROFILM/ROFILMfest.html Romanian Film Festival] ]

Distribution

It premiered at the 2006 Berlin International Film Festival as part of the Teddy Awards. [cite web
title =Diary 2006
work =Teddy Award
url =http://www.teddyaward.tv/2006/index2.asp?KategorieID=1021&InhaltID=1711
accessdate =2007-07-27 ] . It went on to appear at a number of international film festivals including the Seattle International Film Festival [cite web
title =Films / Love Sick
publisher =Seattle International Film Festival
url =http://www.seattlefilm.org/festival/film/detail.aspx?id=19257&fid=13
accessdate =2007-07-27 ] and the
London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival.

References

External links

* [http://www.legaturibolnavicioase.ro/en Official website]
*imdb title|0484437|Love Sick