The Second Game

The Second Game

97 mins | Documentary, History | Feb. 11, 2014

A deceptively simple set-up: the director and his father watch a 1988 football match which the father refereed, their commentary accompanying the original television images in real time. A Bucharest derby between the country’s leading teams, Dinamo and Steaua, taking place in heavy snow, one year before the revolution that toppled Ceaușescu.

The Second Game

97 mins | Documentary, History | Feb. 11, 2014

The Second Game
A deceptively simple set-up: the director and his father watch a 1988 football match which the father refereed, their commentary accompanying the original television images in real time. A Bucharest derby between the country’s leading teams, Dinamo and Steaua, taking place in heavy snow, one year before the revolution that toppled Ceaușescu.
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers 42 Km Film
Original title Al doilea joc
Directors Corneliu Porumboiu
Writers Corneliu Porumboiu

Cast

Adrian Porumboiu

as Himself

Corneliu Porumboiu

as Himself