The Second Game

2014 | 97 minutes | 5.6 ★ (9)

The Second Game
  • Overview

    A deceptively simple set-up: the director and his father watch a 1988 football match which the father refereed, their commentary accompanying the original television images in real time. A Bucharest derby between the country’s leading teams, Dinamo and Steaua, taking place in heavy snow, one year before the revolution that toppled Ceaușescu.

  • Release Date

    11 February 2014

  • DirectingCorneliu Porumboiu
  • Budget

    $0.00

  • Revenue

    $0.00

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