Bless You, Prison / Binecuvintata fii, inchisoare

Romania (2002)

About The Film
This film takes its title from a poem by Solzhenitzyn: "Blessed be thy name, prison!" he declares, because only in the moral purity of unjust imprisonment could his soul find its voice. Nicoleta Valery Grossu was arrested in 1949 on the false charge of espionage, and spent four years in a nightmarish work camp for women. Her struggle to keep her humanity and dignity gradually inspires other prisoners, who like Nicoleta have rediscovered their religious faith. Her testimony: "You can betray. You can die. Or you can find God."

Director's filmography
Nicolae Margineanu was born September 25, 1938 in Cluj, Romania. He graduated from the Cameraman Section of the Theatre and Film Institute in Bucharest. He was director of photography on nine films and director on 12 features. His feature directorial debut THIS ABOVE ALL (1978) won Best Direction at the Romanian National Film Festival, SOMEWHERE IN THE EAST (Undeva în Est, 1991) was included in the Berlinale, and 1999's THE FAMOUS PAPARAZZO ("Faimosul paparazzo," 1999) has been seen worldwide.

Filmography
1999The Famous Paparazzo
1996Auroch's Head
1993Architecture and Power
1993Look Forward in Anger
1991Somewhere in the East
1990A Clod of Clay
1988Flames Over Treasures
1986The Forest Woman
1983Back From the Hell
1981The Painter
1979A Man in a Shag Overcoat
1978This Above All