Tales from the Golden Age fingerprintFunny, strong craft, low-key.
Calm and low-key
Nostalgic and moving
Plenty of satire and absurdist humor
History, politics, and society
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout direction, performances, and storytelling
Standout editing
Calm and low-key
Tales from the Golden Age is calm and low-intensity.
Nostalgic and moving
Emotionally, it's nostalgic, moving, and melancholic.
Plenty of satire and absurdist humor
Expect plenty of satire and absurdist humor.
History, politics, and society
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Its world is built around history, politics, and society. The setting feels lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout direction, performances, and storytelling
The direction, performances, and storytelling stand out.
Standout editing
Look and sound: the editing stand out.
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The final 15 years of the Ceausescu regime were the worst in Romania's history. Nonetheless, the propaganda machine of that time referred without fail to that period as “the golden age”...
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Tales from the Golden Age is included with a subscription to Philo, AMC+, and Sundance Now in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Plex. You can also rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, and YouTube. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Mostly. It's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 78/100 (IMDb 7.8, Rotten Tomatoes 91%, and Metacritic 68). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
2 h 35 min
Tales from the Golden Age runs 2 h 35 min.
Yes. Critics average 80 and audiences 77 out of 100, so both groups see Tales from the Golden Age much the same way.
It was made in Romanian. Produced in Romania, France.
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