ENESCU - Skinned Alive

a film by Toma Enache 

February 28, 2025, 7:00 PM

 ✨ An extraordinary year for the first feature film about George Enescu! 🎻🎬

2024 was a year full of emotions, recognition, and success for 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐮, 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞, the first feature film dedicated to the genius George Enescu, masterfully directed by Toma Enache.
The film was seen in over 52 gala premieres across the country, attended by over 25,000 spectators! Thank you all! ♥️

The national tour will continue next year under the aegis of 𝐄𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐂𝐔𝟕𝟎. On January 25 at the Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest, we will start a series of special screenings to commemorate 70 years since our genius composer's passing, which will continue throughout the year across the country and around the world!

🎶 Awards and selections:
𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐮, 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 received international recognition, winning over 35 awards at prestigious international film festivals:
✨ARPA International Film Awards (Los Angeles)
✨Girona International Film Festival
✨Salerno International Film Festival
✨International Sound & Film Music Festival – ISFMF Croatia
✨Cyprus International Film Festival - Golden Aphrodite Awards
✨Five Continents International Film Festival (Venezuela)
✨Rome Prisma Film Awards
✨Athens International Film Festival
✨European Cinematography Awards (Amsterdam)
✨Florence Film Festival
✨BRIDGES International Film Festival Corinthia Peloponnese
✨Colortape International Film Festival (Brisbane, Australia)
✨Istanbul HALIC GOLDENHORN International Film Festival
✨Monaco International Film Festival
✨Buenos Aires International Film Festival Without Voice, Argentina
✨Rotterdam Independent Film Festival
✨Deluxe Film Festival (Rome)
✨Madrid Film Awards (MADFA)
✨British Film Festival (London)
✨Lonely Wolf International Film Festival (London)

🎶 Reviews and appraisals:
Critics and film lovers have praised both the emotional story and the remarkable performances of the actors.

“It is hard to find in modern cinema such respect for the spirit of classical narratives. The style and atmosphere of the film remind us of the great masters of Italian or German cinematography. Toma Enache makes no compromises in the search for excellence.” (✍🏼Gustavo Coletti, Times of Cinema)

“With meticulously recreated period details and a hauntingly beautiful soundtrack, "ENESCU, skinned alive" is a meditation on the resilience of the human soul, the artist’s sacrifices, an essential film for those who appreciate historical drama, classical music and the ongoing struggle for artistic and personal fulfillment.” (✍🏼Rome Independent Prisma Film Festival)

“As George Enescu himself said, ‘The artist reveals to humanity the path to harmony, which is happiness and peace.’ Toma Enache’s film does just that – through its beauty, depth, and emotional tribute to an artist who lived and loved passionately, it reminds us all of the power of art to illuminate the path to harmony both in life and in love.” (✍🏼Athens International Film Festival)

“In creating this masterful portrait of one of Romania’s greatest artists, Enache not only honored Enescu’s legacy but crafted a work that deserves to stand proudly alongside the best contemporary European films. "ENESCU, skinned alive" is a film that reminds us why we need art, even as it shows the terrible price some have to pay to create it.” (✍🏼 Adrian Pérez, President of the Lonely Wolf International Film Festival - London)

“The 19th-century literature brought us various examples of ‘feminine Romantic Love’, but the everyday life history also tells us the other side of the coin. In the story of the Romanian musician, despite knowing that the princess loved him, George Enescu is the emblem of a ‘Masculine Romantic Love’ that is not afraid to show all its sweetness and romance. Toma Enache makes us experience it at every moment of the film, directing a perfect cast of actors in every role.” (✍🏼 Nino Graziano Luca, director of the National Company of Historical Dance)

From "Man of God", we have not seen people in an entire room silent, at the end, reading the credits for minutes on end, without anyone daring to disturb even with the applause due a gala... It was as if we too had died with Enescu, this man skinned alive in life, alive among us in death! (✍🏼 Floriana Jucan, Q Magazine)

I bow to the entire team. With people like these, feature film will endure. We need such films because they are the only ones that can teach us to transform pain into art. To turn the wound into poetry, as George Enescu confessed: "a living wound that started to sing". (✍🏼 Andrada Badea - Poetry Minute)

"A film like a point of light in the darkness - not just cultural - that invades us." (✍🏼 Marina Roman)

🎶 Audience:
We were honored to see the impressive reactions of audiences from home and abroad, who resonated with Enescu's story.

“A wonderful evening with wonderful people, with consummate talent before which ... even death would bow...”
Congratulations, Toma Enache!
Congratulations to all those who participated in the making of this emblematic masterpiece!

“In a Romania brought to its knees by ignorance and imposture, Toma Enache's film is a breath of fresh air. George Enescu returns to our consciousness from which he has been banished by the ugliness of the way we choose to live.”

“Without a tendency toward vulgarity or abnormality - a unique film in the current landscape of the new generation of directors.”

“Toma Enache is a courageous and profound director, and his film “Enescu - Skinned Alive” is clear evidence of his talent in addressing complex and sensitive subjects. Through this creation, he manages to bring to the forefront a harrowing story, offering the public not only an impressive cinematic experience but also a meditation on art, sacrifice, and the human condition.”

“Dostoevsky mentioned in his writings that beauty will save the world. This film is entirely BEAUTIFUL!”

This film is not just a cinematic creation, but an arc over time, a reunion between past and present, a celebration of the universal genius of George Enescu.

🙏 Thanks from the bottom of our hearts to the extraordinary team, partners, festivals, and everyone who supported us on this journey!

🌟 With gratitude for every moment of this year, we look towards 2025 with hearts full of hope and inspiration. Our journey is just beginning, and Enescu's music continues to resonate! Remember, we welcome you to the film throughout the year!

Happy New Year and a new year full of light, art, and emotion!🥂
We promise to continue bringing to light stories that deserve to be told!✨
 
With appreciation and gratitude,
Director Toma Enache & the film team ENESCU, skinned alive

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For further details regarding the above event, please contact the organizing entity:  ,Asociatia C.L.A. La Steaua,  CIF ,12708800 BUCURESTI