The Certainty of Probabilities(2021)

The Certainty of Probabilities Synopsis

1968, The Socialist Republic of Romania. Women catch up on the latest tendencies in beachwear, the young hippies of Hamburg are harshly criticized by Romanian students, while Nicolae Ceaușescu reads the famous defiance speech against the intervention of the Warsaw Pact troops in Czechoslovakia. Floating solemnly over all this is The Internationale, sung on a stadium by a crowd of pioneers dressed in white shirts and red ties. A certainty for each probability: the documentary is at the same time a history lesson and an ideological warning sign, the director’s endeavour permanently draws our attention to the functions of the propaganda film, yet without tarnishing the fascination that dwells in the core of the images, that of the figures that wave at us from a past buried in commonplaces and political parti pris.

The Certainty of Probabilities (2021) is a documentary film directed by Raluca Durbacă, released on June 14, 2021 with a runtime of 1h 30m. It stars Nicolae Ceaușescu, Ion Iliescu, Elena Ceaușescu and Ilarion Ciobanu. Viewers rate it 6.0 out of 10 across 1 ratings.