Closer to the Moon
In 1959 Bucharest, a spectacular bank heist has the country in an uproar. In post-war Communist Romania, this is an unimaginable slap in the face to the iron-fisted authorities. Four men and a woman are arrested, tried, and convicted, and while they wait for their execution, they are–forced to star in a propaganda film about the crime. All five protagonists were heroes of the Resistance during WWII and highly-placed members of Romanian society. They clearly knew they would be caught and executed. —Anonymous
Director: Nae Caranfil
Actors: Anton Lesser, Christian McKay, Harry Lloyd, Joe Armstrong, Mark Strong, Tim Plester, Vera Farmiga
Country: France, Italy, Poland, Romania, United States