Biography

Radu Muntean was born on June 8, 1971 in Bucharest, Romania. He is a director and writer, known for Hârtia va fi albastra (2006), Tuesday, After Christmas (2010) and Summer Holiday (2008).

Member of the 'Short Films and Cinéfondation Jury' at the 69th Cannes International Film Festival in 2016.

[on the Romanian New Wave] I'm not a big fan of labelling. I don't know how we've influenced each other. But we were all frustrated by what came before us in Romanian cinema. We have in common the need to make more straightforward and honest films. [2015]

[on Tuesday, After Christmas (2010)] What happens with these kinds of movies is that everyone interprets them in relation to his own life, his own sensitivity, which I'm okay with... I was trying to maintain a certain equilibrium between the characters and avoid clichés that would simplify the situation. (...) I didn't want to judge the characters or put a certain moral stamp on the film. I don't think any of them are antagonists. You can say Paul is guilty, but [he's] not really for me. [2015]

When I made Summer Holiday (2008) I was thirty-something and I really felt what the main character did at that point. He's somehow between lives; he's happy with his wife and kid but he also wants to be young and free again, without responsibilities. Of course, you can't have both. [2015]