Ceau, Cinema! 13
RESTORED CLASSICS
Peeping Tom
+15
Followed by a discussion with film critic Andrei Rus
Director: Michael Powell
Cast: Karlheinz Böhm, Anna Massey, Moira Shearer
Drama, Psychological Thriller – United Kingdom — 1960 — 1h 41min
Language: English
Subtitles: Romanian, English
Synopsis:
Mark is a shy cameraman by day, but at night he becomes a sadistic killer, stalking his victims with his camera to capture their genuine, unfiltered fear. Mark becomes enamoured with Helen, who lives below him with her blind mother. But how long will it be before he turns the deadly gaze of his camera towards her?
Festivals: Berlin 2008, Locarno 1982 & 2025, Rotterdam 1998, BFI 2023, The Guardian — Best films of all time, Horror category (2010)
Thursday, July 16, 2026, 9:00 PM
Timiș Cinema, Timișoara
Pusher
+15
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
Cast: Mads Mikkelsen, Kim Bodnia, Zlatko Burić, Laura Drasbæk
Thriller, Drama – Denmark — 1996 — 1h 50min
Language: Danish
Subtitles: Romanian, English
Synopsis:
After a complicated heroin deal goes wrong, small-time drug dealer Frank loses both the money and the merchandise, and finds himself massively in debt to Balkan drug baron Milo. As time goes by, the pressure mounts, with Frank desperately trying to repay the money while facing Milo’s growing frustration and impatience.
Festivals: Toronto 1996, San Sebastián 2007, Veneţia 2024
Friday, July 17, 2026, 9:30 PM
Timiș Cinema, Timișoara
Matador
+18
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Cast: Assumpta Serna, Antonio Banderas, Nacho Martínez
Erotic Thriller – Spain — 1986 — 1h 42min
Language: Spanish
Subtitles: Romanian, English
Synopsis:
Diego is a former champion matador who now runs a bullfighting school. Still searching for increasingly intense thrills, he feeds his obsessions by watching sadistic videos. Maria, a lawyer and Diego’s devoted admirer, finds pleasure in seduction and murder, killing men with a hairpin at the moment of orgasm. The two seem destined to cross paths.
Festivals: Veneţia 2025, Palm Springs 2025
Sunday, July 19, 2026, 9:30 PM
Timiș Cinema, Timișoara
Filmul este adus cu sprijin de la Ambasada Spaniei la Bucureşti şi Institutul Cervantes