COZMIN GUȘĂ: “21 RUBIES” AND A BRAND OF ROMANIA: “WE FEED ON BETRAYAL, MISS PROSECUTOR!”
“The most important thing to point out is related to the deep knowledge that Ciprian Mega has regarding the underground power games in Romania from recent years, respectively regarding the character and behavior of the decision-makers whose characters are present in the film, among whom you will find Klaus Iohannis, Romanian Patriarch Daniel, Laura Kovesi, Alina Bica, Florian Coldea, Prosecutor Portocală, Bishop Sofronie, and various other national or local leaders. The story of the production is woven around a young female prosecutor, chosen by the USA-EU to be promoted representing their burdensome interests, but being caught in the shackles of the pressures of the heads of the Romanian secret services, and hence a series of events and twists of the situation unfold, which correctly reveal the chaos that the leaders of the “colony called Romania” cause and live with, alongside their “subjects” who are looking for life solutions in a concentration camp environment.
The decay of the spiritual life is captured by recounting the pedantic details of the relationship inside the Romanian Orthodox, and this is the most painful part of the film, but welcome in the context of trying to block these excesses by revealing them, something that Ciprian Mega also aimed to do and succeeded in doing. The secret service networks that crippled our lives in the last decades are correctly represented and perceived through the action of the film, and the servitude before the Euro-Atlantic bosses is concretely exposed throughout the entire narrative.
The cast and interpretation of the actors is exceptional, from the international one represented by Mickey Rourke, Anthony Delon, Elisabeta Pellini, to the Romanian one, where you will find Dorel Vișan, Magda Catone, Răzvan Vasilescu, Carmen Tănase, Manuela Hărăbor, Dana Rogoz, Adrian Văncică, Mihai Sandu Gruia, Constantin Dinulescu, even Loredana Groza and Daniel Buzdugan, respectively Corina Moise, who played the main character.
Towards the end of the film, the character of Dorel Vișan, a former corrupt mayor, a prison inmate and with a lot of experience in evil, has an extraordinary monologue, with lesson value for the new people in power, through which he summarizes the stinking underground game that led to the societal decay of Romania. I mark here the plastic replica that describes everyone’s complicity in theft, “You caught us stealing wood from the forest, but you also warmed yourself by the fire!”, respectively the one that summarizes one of the Romanian brands that contributed to our decay over time: “We Romanians feed on betrayal, Miss Prosecutor!”
The movie “21 rubies” is playing in cinemas, I congratulate all those involved for their professionalism and courage, so I invite you to watch it, it’s well worth it!”, writes Gușă.
