"Maternity Blues" di Fabrizio Cattani ha vinto il premio del pubblico ed il premio on-line come migliore lungometraggio alla nona edizione del Tirana International Film Festival, che si è svolta dal 5 al 10 dicembre 2011 in Albania.
Premiata come migliore attrice Monica Birladeanu, che nel film di Cattani interpreta il ruolo di Eloisa. Questa la motivazione della giuria: "per l’interpretazione convincente ed efficace di un personaggio complesso e controverso".
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Actriţa română Monica Bârlădeanu este una dintre protagonistele peliculei italiene "Maternity Blues", de Fabrizio Cattani, o dramă ce spune povestea a patru femei care şi-au omorât copiii, selectată în secţiunea competiţională Controcampo italiano a Festivalului de la Veneţia.
September 18, 2009
Director Bobby Paunescu made a strong debut with Francesca, which stylistically follows suit with other recent Romanian indies, with scenes composed of one single take lasting for several minutes and a camera that minimally moves. But unlike so many films that use this real-time approach, you forget the presence of Paunescu's camera, mostly because of the direct story line and the strong cast.
A Mandragora Movies production. (International sales: Mandragora, Bucharest.) Produced by Bobby Paunescu, Cristi Puiu. Executive producer, Anca Puiu. Directed, written by Bobby Paunescu.
With: Monica Birladeanu, Dorian Boguta, Luminita Gheorghiu, Teodor Corban, Doru Ana, Dana Dogaru, Mihai Dorobantu, Dan Chiriac, Isabela Neamtu, Ion Sapdaru, Ion Besoiu.
Monica Dean will join David Carradine and Dominique Swain for the movie "Fall Down Dead", directed by Jon Keeyes.
The story focuses on Christie Wallace (Dominique Swain), a woman who becomes the target of the Picasso Killer; a serial killer who uses his victims as the canvas for his macabre art. One night, in the middle of a blackout, seven strangers become trapped in an office, struggling for survival, as the Picasso Killer hunts through the building for Christie Wallace, the woman that can identify him.
"The deeply superficial series returns!"
Monica Dean will be a guest star in the second episode of the 4th season, playing the role of femme fatale Jennifer.
Season four of Nip/Tuck begins on September 5th with a hefty list of celebrity guests: Larry Hagman, Brooke Shields, Catherine Deneuve, Richard Chamberlain, Kathleen Turner and Jacqueline Bisset.
"...We don`t really do small talk in Romania," says actress Monica Dean; this is a charmingly odd admission from a woman who made her name as the host of a lighthearted chat show back in Bucharest. Now based in Los Angeles, the 27-year-old is known to American audiences as Gabriela, a wealthy woman who exchanged a kiss with Matthew Fox`s Jack on an episode of Lost...
Her latest performance at Hollywood has led Monica Bîrlădeanu in the top 100 successful women. Monica Dean has been nominated by the Capital magazine for the "Top of Romanian 100 successful women", as a model of young accomplishment.
The awards ceremony, organized by Film Independent, took place on March 4, in Santa Monica - California, where it celebrated the best of independent films.
Brokeback Mountain won the top prizes, sharing the spotlight with three other double-winners: Capote, Crash and Transamerica.
Monica Bîrlădeanu represented the movie "The Death of Mr. Lazarescu" by Romanian director Cristi Puiu, nominated for Best Foreign Film. The winner of this category was "Paradise Now" of the director Hany Abu-Assad.
Monica Bîrlădeanu is starring in "Francesca" a Romanian film written/directed by Bobby Paunescu that is opening the Orizzonti selection at Venice Film Festival in Sept 2009.
