Untamed Romania

Untamed Romania (Romanian: România neîmblânzită) is a 2018 British-Romanian nature documentary film directed by Tom Barton-Humphreys and produced by Off the Fence, Auchan Romania and the European Nature Trust. The film explores the flora and fauna of Romania, focusing on the Carpathian Mountains and the Danube Delta. The English and Romanian version were narrated by Mark Strong and Victor Rebengiuc, respectively.

Untamed Romania
RomanianRomânia neîmblânzită
Directed byTom Barton-Humphreys
Produced by
  • Alex Păun
  • Allison Bean
  • Ellen Windemuth
  • Ionuț Ardeleanu
  • Paul Lister
Screenplay by
  • Thomas Barton-Humphreys
  • Alex Păun
Narrated by
Mark Strong (English)

Victor Rebengiuc (Romanian)

Music byNainita Desai
CinematographyJohn Waters
Edited byDan Schwalm
Production
companies
  • Off the Fence
  • Auchan Retail România
  • European Nature Trust
Distributed byTransilvania Film
Release date
  • 18 March 2018 (2018-03-18) (Environmental Film Festival)
  • 13 April 2018 (2018-04-13) (Romania)
Running time
92 minutes
Country
  • United Kingdom
  • Romania
Language
  • English
  • Romanian
Budget$1.5 million[1]
Box office1.1 million lei[2]

It premiered on March 18, 2018 during the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital held in Washington, D.C..[3] It had its theatrical release in Romania on April 13, 2018, being distributed by Transilvania Film.[4] With a box office gross of 1,154,400 lei, it was the second highest-grossing Romanian film of the year.[2]

It received critical acclaim by Romanian critics. Writing for Dilema veche, Teodor Baconschi called it "a ten out of ten documentary" and said that "it deserves to be screened in every school in the country because it is able to educate without becoming soporific".[5] In a positive review for Observator Cultural, Nicolae Drăgușin also praised the educational value of the film.[6]

References
  1. "România neîmblânzită: Auchan România a alocat 2,5 milioane de euro pentru un proiect care pune pe piață un eseu documentar despre zonele sălbatice ale țării noastre". Forbes.ro (in Romanian). 2018-04-15. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
  2. "Genul de filme care au atras cei mai mulţi spectatorii români în cinematografe, anul acesta/ Producţia românească cu cele mai mari încasări". Mediafax.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 2020-08-22.
  3. "The movie "Untamed Romania", for the first time in the USA at the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital | EMBASSY OF ROMANIA to the United States of America". washington.mae.ro. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
  4. "ROMÂNIA NEÎMBLÂNZITĂ, UN FILM UNIC, DIN 13 APRILIE ÎN CINEMATOGRAFE – UNELE LUCRURI TREBUIE PĂSTRATE AȘA CUM SUNT – Radio România Cultural". Retrieved 2020-08-22.
  5. "Un documentar de nota 10". Dilema veche (in Romanian). Retrieved 2020-08-22.
  6. "România neîmblînzită și roiul de albine". Observator Cultural (in Romanian). Retrieved 2020-08-22.
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