Chuck Norris vs Communism

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UK / Romania / Germany, 2015, 78 min

Directed by:

Ilinca Calugareanu

Screenplay:

Ilinca Calugareanu
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In the 1980s, under the Nicolae Ceaușescu regime, Romanians suffered from little access to foreign goods as well as an information blackout the Communist bureaucrats used to ensure ideological purity. But in clandestine screenings at neighbors' homes of smuggled VHS tapes dubbed by a one-man distribution network, people got a glimpse of the Western world and a culture of muscular individuality with heroes like Jean-Claude Van Damme, Sylvester Stallone, and, of course, Chuck Norris. (Sundance Film Festival)

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