Directed by:
Cristian NemescuCinematography:
Liviu MãrghidanCast:
Armand Assante, Jamie Elman, Maria Dinulescu, Gabriel Spahiu, Andi Vasluianu, Bart Sidles, Răzvan Vasilescu, Marcello Cobzarju, Constantin Drăgănescu (more)Plots(1)
Romania, 1999: As the Kosovo conflict rages, a no-nonsense U.S. military officer (Armand Assante) leads a platoon of Marines and a shipment of top-secret communications equipment towards a NATO outpost. But when a corrupt stationmaster halts their train, the soldiers find themselves the unexpected guests of an impoverished village filled with stubborn bureaucracy, beguiling young women and odd pop culture celebrations. In a time of war, what hopes, dreams and resentments does the arrival of America truly bring to the world outside? (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Armand Assante](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267617_da631b.jpg)
Armand Assante
USA
Best movies:
American Gangster (2007)
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story (1980) (TV movie)
California Dreamin' (Endless) (2007)
![Jamie Elman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/316/316866_9f3677.jpg)
Jamie Elman
USA
Best movies:
Wreck-It Ralph (2012)
California Dreamin' (Endless) (2007)
Stardom (2000)
![Maria Dinulescu](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274899_d33db6.jpg)
Maria Dinulescu
Romania
Best movies:
California Dreamin' (Endless) (2007)
Hooked (2008)
Selfie 69 (2016)
![Gabriel Spahiu](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/949/157949018_7f116b.jpg)
Gabriel Spahiu
Romania
Best movies:
California Dreamin' (Endless) (2007)
Scarred Hearts (2016)
Sweeney Todd (2006) (TV movie)
![Andi Vasluianu](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/907/161907337_1aa997.png)
Andi Vasluianu
Romania
Best movies:
Bart Sidles
USA
Best movies:
California Dreamin' (Endless) (2007)
Mirrors (2008)
Second in Command (2006)
![Răzvan Vasilescu](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/277/277513_96be8f.jpg)
Răzvan Vasilescu
Romania
Best movies:
California Dreamin' (Endless) (2007)
Train of Life (1998)
Sand Cliffs (1983)
Marcello Cobzarju
Best movies:
California Dreamin' (Endless) (2007)
Too Late (1996)
Retro Puppet Master (1999)
![Constantin Drăgănescu](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/277/277485_3dad2d.jpg)
Constantin Drăgănescu
Romania
Best movies:
Glissando (1982)
California Dreamin' (Endless) (2007)
Sequences (1982)
Alexandru Georgescu
Romania
Best movies:
California Dreamin' (Endless) (2007)
Train of Life (1998)
The Paper Will Be Blue (2006)
Nicodim Ungureanu
Best movies:
Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World (2023)
California Dreamin' (Endless) (2007)
Amen. (2002)
Tomi Cristin
Best movies:
California Dreamin' (Endless) (2007)
Callas Forever (2002)
Modigliani (2004)
Catalina Mustata
Best movies:
Ion Sapdaru
Soviet Union
Best movies:
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007)
California Dreamin' (Endless) (2007)
The Whistleblower (2010)
Teodor Corban
Romania
Best movies:
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007)
California Dreamin' (Endless) (2007)
Beyond the Hills (2012)
Crina Semciuc
Romania
Best movies:
California Dreamin' (Endless) (2007)
Wild Mouse (2017)
Selfie (2014)
Ilinca Harnut
Romania
Best movies:
California Dreamin' (Endless) (2007)
Scarred Hearts (2016)
Balaur (2021)
Diana Dumbrava
Romania
Best movies:
California Dreamin' (Endless) (2007)
Maria (2003)
Asphalt Tango (1995)
Antonia Ionescu
Romania
Best movies:
California Dreamin' (Endless) (2007)
Gunpowder, Treason & Plot (2004) (TV movie)
Aura Calarasu
Best movies:
California Dreamin' (Endless) (2007)
Ryna (2005)
Exodus to Shanghai (2015)