ADALBERT'S DREAM is a black comedy based on a real story that happened in a Romanian communist factory. It’s the 8th of May 1986, the anniversary day for the Romanian Communist Party. A day celebrated with pomp, hypocrisy and fear by all the Romanian factories of those times. Besides this political connotation, the day is only two weeks away from the Chernobyl explosion. But most important for Romanians, this is the day when the football team Steaua Bucharest has won the Champions League (for the first and last time in the Romanian football history)!

The director of photographer was tasked with realizing Director’s concept of shooting the picture using old school VHS technology - all the better to capture the dingy tones of late80s Romania. This involved tracking down a 20yearold JVC and adapting it, after various trialanderror mishaps, with special Zeiss lenses. The results prove well worth the hassle, providing a highly distinctive texture and making the very most of the limited budget.

Production Notes

BALTIC-EVENT CO-PRODUCTION MARKET PROJECT, 2009.