Regia: Tudor Giurgiu, Cristian Pascariu, Tudor D Popescu
Romania, 2023, 107’
DESCHIDERE
Q&A Tudor Giurgiu
With over 100 ATP titles on record and his rank as world number 1 in 1973, Ilie Năstase is a legend in his own right, the best player of his generation. Nasty paints a complex portrait of a colorful tennis player with a pronounced sense of showmanship. Alternately portrayed in the press as a magnificent, capricious or arrogant ‘Bad Boy’, which earned him the nickname Nasty, Ilie Năstase was in the news long before MacEnroe. Through Nasty, the directors take a look at the contours of this flamboyant personality, drawing on the testimonies of his friend, legendary gymnast Nadia Comāneci, and of tennis greats whose careers he inspired: while they readily acknowledge his impetuous nature, Rafael Nadal, Boris Becker, Björn Borg, John McEnroe and Jimmy Connors make no secret of their respect for this irreverent man, whose legend has it that the tennis code of conduct was created after him.
Miercuri, 2 octombrie, 18:30, Cinema Arta, Arad