Directed by:
Robert-Adrian PejoScreenplay:
Géza CsemerCinematography:
Vivi Drăgan VasileCast:
Zsolt Bogdán, Dorka Gryllus, Oszkár Nyári, Miklós Székely B., Radu Amzulescu, Dorel Visan, Bence Mányoki, Kálmán Hollai, Julianna Kovács, Lajos Csiszér (more)Plots(1)
"Dallas" is what the residents of a shanty town call their desolate camp at a refuse dump near the Romanian city of Cluj. The camp owes its so obviously cynical name to the TV series from the 1980s – and in the interim, the wretchedness of the place has hardly changed. Its inhabitants are all Romanies. Running water, electricity, sanitary facilities – do not exist here. Against this authentic backdrop, the film tells of Radu, a young teacher who has returned to Dallas for the first time in 15 years to arrange his father's funeral. His plan is to get back to Bucharest and his fiancée as quick as he can, but then he gets more involved in what is going on in Dallas than he had bargained for. Among the old acquaintances he meets again is Oana, the sweetheart of his youth. She and her five-year-old son Petru suffer greatly from her husband Janku's aggressive behaviour. Feelings which Radu had long forgotten awaken and a dispute which has been smouldering for ages escalates between Dallas residents and J.R., the local garbage crew's exploiting leader. To enable residents to haul the recyclable trash they have collected, Radu lets them use his car. He even contemplates establishing a school. When in his jealousy Janku hits Oana again, he is chased out of the colony by her father. Though this is not the end of the conflict between the two men competing for Oana, but the beginning of a fatal tragedy... (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
Zsolt Bogdán
Best movies:
Aglaya (2012)
Dallas Pashamende (2005)
Orizont (2015)
Dorka Gryllus
Hungary
Best movies:
Generation War (2013) (series)
Gloomy Sunday (1999)
Irina Palm (2006)
Oszkár Nyári
Hungary
Best movies:
Home Guards (2015)
Dallas Pashamende (2005)
Brazilok (2017)
Miklós Székely B.
Hungary
Best movies:
Satantango (1994)
Twilight (1990)
Damnation (1988)
Radu Amzulescu
Romania
Best movies:
The Moromete Family (1987)
Citizen X (1995) (TV movie)
Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula (2000) (TV movie)
Dorel Visan
Romania
Best movies:
The Moromete Family (1987)
Jacob (1988)
Sand Cliffs (1983)
Bence Mányoki
Best movies:
Dallas Pashamende (2005)
Kálmán Hollai
Hungary
Best movies:
Dallas Pashamende (2005)
Julianna Kovács
Best movies:
Dallas Pashamende (2005)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Lajos Csiszér
Best movies:
Dallas Pashamende (2005)
The Cameramurderer (2010)
Csaba Damokos
Best movies:
Dallas Pashamende (2005)
János Derzsi
Hungary
Best movies:
Dog's Night Song (1983)
Narcissus and Psyche (1980)
Satantango (1994)
Zoltán Fülöp
Romania
Best movies:
Dallas Pashamende (2005)
Gyula Horváth
Best movies:
Just the Wind (2012)
Home Guards (2015)
Dallas Pashamende (2005)
Judit Jónás
Hungary
Best movies:
Dallas Pashamende (2005)
Brazilok (2017)
Lajko - Gypsy in Space (2018)
László Kántor
Romania
Best movies:
Taxidermia (2006)
Valan – Az angyalok völgye (2019)
Dallas Pashamende (2005)
Gizella Molnár
Romania
Best movies:
Dallas Pashamende (2005)
Tibor Pálffy
Romania
Best movies:
Bibliotheque Pascal (2010)
Katalin Varga (2009)
Dallas Pashamende (2005)
Aura Calarasu
Best movies:
California Dreamin' (Endless) (2007)
Exodus to Shanghai (2015)
Ryna (2005)
Zoltán Kovács
Best movies:
Dallas Pashamende (2005)