RODICAS Australia/Germany/ Romania 2012 Documentary 53 min
Director: Alice Gruia Cast: Rodicas as themselves Awards: screened at many Documentary festivals including Berlinale (2012), Krakow, Rome, Medias.
Filmmaker Alice Gruia brings to the screen the extraordinary in the ordinariness of life in this documentary about Rodica Gruia and Rodica Grill, two women of Romanian-Jewish descent who made Sydney their home for the past 30 years and became best friends.
Rodica Gruia is the grandmother of the director, which lends the film a more intimate account of the friendship. Close to 90 years old, the two friends couldn’t be more different and yet very similar. One Rodica is childish, playful, enjoys lengthy philosophical discussions on anything over a gin and tonic. The other Rodica is more practical, strict about what topics she likes to discuss, disciplined in her routines. Together they become like two teenagers: they giggle incessantly, they go shopping, they try cafes, they are adventurous. Like an old couple comfortable with their differences who learned how to make it work.
The vitality, the curiosity and humour of the heroines will keep you immersed in their stories.
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Screening at Performance Space at The Dock, 107 Victoria Harbour Promenade, Docklands.
