"In 2012, Romanian thieves pulled seven paintings by Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Claude Monet, Paul Gauguin and others from the walls of the Kunsthal Rotterdam. The job that seemed too easy turned out not to be. The men who were caught went to prison. The paintings, which they took to Romania, were never recovered. Investigators say the art was burned to destroy evidence."
"Traffic was conceived after the 2012 robbery in Rotterdam, says the film's director Teodora Ana Mihai, and filmed long before the recent Louvre heist, yet the two stories share similarities. In the Louvre robbery and in Traffic, both groups of suspects are immigrants or are from immigrant families. The film's director lived the immigrant experience as a Romanian who grew up in Belgium; its star, Anamaria Vartolomei, is a Romanian who was raised in France."
In 2012 Romanian thieves removed seven major paintings from the Kunsthal Rotterdam and transported them to Romania; the thieves were caught, the works were never recovered, and investigators say the art was burned to destroy evidence. Jaful Secolului (Traffic, 2024) is a Romanian heist film inspired by that robbery and connected to the plight of Eastern migrant workers in Western Europe. Traffic is Romania's national selection to compete for the Best International Film Oscar. The film follows Natalia, a Romanian laborer working in Belgian indoor vegetable production, and her partner Ginel, who struggles with debt and dangerous side jobs. Natalia faces exploitation, assault, and mounting desperation that lead her into a risky con.
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