TRANSALPINA - THE ROAD OF KINGS (u.a.mit deutschen Untertiteln)

TRANSALPINA - DRUMUL REGILOR - Dumitru Budrala, România, 2017, 41 min.\r\nDe o frumusete care te lasa fara rasuflare, Transalpina e mai mult decât o sosea spectaculoasa. Vechimea drumului care leaga Transilvania de tara Româneasca se masoara în milenii. De-a lungul timpului, a fost pierdut si redescoperit de mai multe ori, dar pastorii l-au cunoscut dintotdeauna si l-au strabatut cu turmele lor, în ciuda granitelor trasate de stapâniri trecatoare. Filmul propune o calatorie pe drumul de care si-au legat numele mai multi regi, dar si pe sub pamânt, pe caile pe care umbla zeul Zamolxis, si prin cer, unde, pe vremea uriasilor, s-au petrecut întâmplari care au dat numele muntilor si vailor. Într-o transpunere cinematografica de exceptie, fascinatia de-o viata a regizorului pentru povestile pe care le ascund râurile, iezerele, crestele muntilor, vaile si pesterile trec dincolo de fapte si date istorice, evocând însusi spiritul locului.\r\nTRANSALPINA - THE ROAD OF KINGS\r\nDumitru Budrala, România, 2017, 41 min.\r\nWith its breathtaking beauty, Transalpina is more than a spectacular roadway serpentining across the mountain. The age of the road connecting Transylvania with Walachia is counted in thousands of years. Throughout history, people have forgotten it more than once, but for the shepherds who have never stopped walking it with their flocks despite the borders set by transient authorities. The film invites the viewer to a multilayered journey: along a unique road associated with the names of three kings, on mysterious underground paths once walked by the Dacian's god Zamolxis, and up to the sky, where things that happened in the times of the mythical giants gave mountain peaks and valleys the names they still carry today. The author morphs his life-time fascination with the hidden stories of the streams, glacial lakes, alpine crests, vales and mysterious caves into an exquisite piece of filmmaking, stepping beyond dates and facts to reveal the very spirit of the place.\r\n\r\n