Romanian film and theatre actress
Cristina Flutur
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Cristina Flutur and Cristian Mungiu (Cannes Film Festival 2012)
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Occupation
| Actress
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Years active
| 2004?present
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Cristina Flutur
is a Romanian film and theatre actress.
In 2012 she made her debut in cinema, portraying the complex Alina Ringhis, main character in
Cristian Mungiu
's praised drama,
Beyond the Hills
. For her outstanding performance in this film she received the
Best Actress Award
[1]
at the
2012 Cannes Film Festival
.
Before 2012, she performed for several years in theatre productions, both in Romania, on the stage of the
Radu Stanca National Theatre
in Sibiu, and abroad, when on tour with the ensemble.
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Biography
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After finishing high school, Mathematics and Physics department, she decided to study Romanian and English languages and literature, along with American literature, at the
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University
in her hometown.
After graduating from her first faculty, she decided to get seriously into acting and became a student at the
Babe?-Bolyai University
in Cluj-Napoca.
Artistic activity
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Theatre
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After finishing her studies at the drama department of
Babe?-Bolyai University
, she became an actress for the
Radu Stanca National Theatre
in Sibiu, Romania. Here she performed in many productions, both classical and modern, under the guidance of famous Romanian and foreign directors, such as
Alexandru Dabija
,
Radu Alexandru Nica
,
Gavriil Pinte
,
Andrei ?erban
,
Vlad Massaci
,
Tompa Gabor
,
Silviu Purc?rete
,
Rodica Radu
,
Alexander Hausvater
,
Adriana Popovici
,
Florin Zamfirescu
,
Robert Raponja
.
During FITS, the
Sibiu International Theatre Festival
, she also played many roles in reading performances, recorded for the radio.
Theatre productions in Sibiu:
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- "Platonov" by
A. P. Chekhov
, directed by
Al. Dabija
, role: Alexandra Ivanovna;
- "Time for Love, Time for Death" by
Fritz Kater
, directed by
Radu Alexandru Nica
, roles: a pupil, the teacher, the storyteller;
- "Turandot" adapted from
Carlo Gozzi
, directed by
A. Zholdak
, role: Turandot;
- "The Guide of a Regained Childhood", by
Andrei Codrescu
, directed by
Gavriil Pinte
, role: Dulcea;
- "Metamorphosis" adapted from
Publius Ovidius Naso
, directed by
Silviu Purcarete
, performance based on improvisations;
- "Love Factory" by
Darko Lukic
, directed by
Robert Raponja
, role: Marie Duplessis;
- "Life with an Idiot" adapted from
Victor Erofeev
, directed by
A. Zholdak
, role: The Wife;
- "Othello?!" adapted from
William Shakespeare
, directed by
A. Zholdak
, role: Desdemona;
- "Today Is No Smoking Day" by
Iustin Panta
, directed by
Gavriil Pinte
, role: Iustina;
- "The Seagull" by
A. P. Chekhov
, directed by
Andrei Serban
, role: Nina Zarechnaya;
- "Plasticine" by
Vasili Sigariev
, directed by
Vlad Massaci
, role: Spira;
- "Rhinoceros" by
Eugene Ionesco
, directed by
Tompa Gabor
, role: The Waitress;
- "Pantagruel's Sister-in-Law" adapted from
Rabelais
, directed by
Silviu Purcarete
, performance based on improvisations;
- "The Human Voice" by
Jean Cocteau
, directed by Rodica Radu, one-woman show;
- "Derby ? an improvisation championship" directed by
Alexander Hausvater
, performance based on improvisations;
- "Sweet Thursday" adapted from
John Steinbeck
, directed by
Adriana Popovici
, role: Ida;
- "The Clouds", by
Aristophanes
, directed by
Florin Zamfirescu
.
Theatre performances in Bucharest:
Film
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In 2011 Cristina Flutur was called for an audition for a part in the new feature by the Romanian Golden Palm winner,
Cristian Mungiu
. After a few screen tests, she was offered one of the main roles, that of a troubled girl brought up in an orphanage, Alina Ringhis.
Acclaimed both by the critics and by the audience for her impeccable, most authentic, powerful and touching performance, she won the
Best Actress Award
at the Cannes Film Festival in 2012.
One year later, in 2013, Cristina Flutur started her first project in a foreign language, performing in French the role of
Cristina Boico
in the TV mini-series "Resistance". Cristina Boico was a Romanian Jewish woman who fought for the French Resistance during the Second World War. Produced by
Alain Goldman
, the producer of "La mome",
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the mini-series casts also
Fanny Ardant
,
Richard Berry
and
Isabelle Nanty
. It was broadcast in 2014 on
TF1
(France) and
RTS Un
(Switzerland) and in 2015 on
More4
(UK), being nominated in 2015 for Best TV movie at the
Globes de Cristal Award
.
In 2014 she started shooting for her first feature film in English, "Grain". The film is directed by the Turkish director Semih Kaplanoglu and it had its premiere in 2017 at the Sarajevo Film Festival. Later that year it won the Grand Prix at Tokyo International Film Festival.
Filmography
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- 2022 -
The Drone
(Netherlands), experimental short film, director Rutger Wolfson
- 2022 -
Gefilte Fish
(Romania), feature film, director Andrei Cohn
- 2022 -
Wait Two Days
(Belgium/Romania), short film, director Jaro Minne
- 2022 -
Une femme de notre temps
(France), feature film, director
Jean Paul Civeyrac
- 2020 -
Villetta con ospiti
(Italy), feature film, director
Ivano De Matteo
- 2019 -
Carturan
(Romania), feature film, director Liviu Sandulescu
- 2019 -
Backdraft II
(USA), feature film, director
Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego
- 2018 -
Cu unul in plus/Just One More
(Romania), short film, director Valeriu Andriuta
- 2018 -
S? nu ucizi/Thou Shalt Not Kill
(Romania), feature film, directors Gabi Sarga & Catalin Rotaru
- 2018 -
When I Die the World Ends
(Sweden/Greece/Germany), short film, director Jennifer Rainsford
- 2017 -
Hawaii
(Romania), feature film, director Jesus del Cerro
- 2017 -
Grain (film)
(Turkey/Germany), feature film, director
Semih Kaplano?lu
- 2016 -
Fragments of Gabi
(Belgium/Romania), short film, director Jaro Minne
- 2015 -
Raisa
(Austria/Moldova/Romania), short film, director
Pavel Cuzuioc
- 2014 -
Resistance
(France), TV mini-series (
TF1
,
RTS Un
&
More4
), directors
David Delrieux
& Miguel Courtois
- 2012 -
Beyond the Hills
(Romania/Belgium/France), feature film, director
Cristian Mungiu
Awards
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- 2012
Best Actress Award
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2012 Cannes Film Festival
, for the role Alina in "
Beyond the Hills
", directed by
Cristian Mungiu
;
- 2013 "Woman of the Year 2012", "Ambassador of the Romanian Art Abroad", offered by "Avantaje" magazine, Bucharest, Romania;
- 2017
Honorary Tribute Award
- Aswan International Women Film Festival, Egypt;
- 2018
Nomination for Best Actress in a Leading Role
- Romanian Gopo Awards, for the role Ioana in
Hawaii
, directed by Jesus del Cerro;
- 2018
Debut Award in Radio Drama
for the role of Masha in "Three Sisters", a radio drama directed by Gavriil Pinte;
- 2010 Diploma for Excellency granted by the Ministry of Culture for her work on the stage of
Radu Stanca National Theatre
, Sibiu, Romania.
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