Oh, Ramona!

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Oh, Ramona!
Oh, Ramona! film poster.png
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Cristina Jacob
Screenplay by
  • Cristina Jacob
  • Andrei Ciobanu
  • Alex Cotet
Based onSuck It, Ramona!
by Andrei Ciobanu
Produced by
  • Adrian Sarbu
  • Daniel Iacob
Starring
  • Bogdan Iancu
  • Aggy K. Adams
  • Holly Horne
  • Basil Eidenbenz
  • Leonardo Boudreau
  • Andromeda Godfrey
  • Melanie Ebanks
CinematographyJ.P. Garcia
Edited by
  • Gabriel Tudor Marin
  • Dragos Teglas
Music by
  • Hahaha Production
  • Avanpost
Production
company
Zazu Film
Distributed byJacob Bros
Release date
  • 14 February 2019 (2019-02-14)(Romania)
Running time
109 minutes
CountryRomania
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1.2 million (Romania) [1]

Oh, Ramona! is a 2019 Romanian coming-of-age comedy film directed by Cristina Jacob, based on the novel Suck It, Ramona! by Romanian comedian Andrei Ciobanu. [2] [3] The film was released in Romania on 14 February 2019 by Jacob Bros and on Netflix on 1 June 2019. [4] [5] Oh, Ramona! is the first Romanian film distributed worldwide on Netflix in 190 territories, dubbed in 27 languages and translated in 33 languages. [6] During the 8 weeks of theatrical distribution, Oh, Ramona! recorded a total of 256.115 admissions, with 30,243 tickets sold on the first day and reached about 111.881 admissions after the first weekend of release. [7] [8] [9]

Contents

Plot

Oh, Ramona! follows the main character Andrei from his point of view while he steps into adulthood and dealing with romance. He shares his experience as seen through the eyes of a teenager, with all the good and bad parts of it, and a pinch of self-humour and irony. The film portrays Andrei, who is in love with two girls and tormented by the decisions he has to make. Andrei has a crush on the "hottest girl in school", Ramona, who tries to hook up with him. Andrei rejects her in a moment of confusion, which starts a whole series of unfortunate events. Later on another girl Andrei meets on a vacation, Anemona, is charmed by his sincerity and dorkiness and he ends up being torn between the two girls he 'loves'. [3] [10] [11] [12]

Cast

Writing

Oh, Ramona! is based on the Romanian best-selling book Suck it, Ramona!, which is Andrei Ciobanu’s autobiography. The process of writing the screenplay took 6 months and it was co-written with Alex Coteț and Cristina Jacob. [13] [14]

Andrei Ciobanu pointed out about his first attempt at writing the story: "On September 26 2013 I was writing a story on Facebook about a girl I liked in high school. That post was going to be the first chapter of the book I was going to write. I published it on February 14, 2015 and it soon became a bestseller in Romania.’’ During the summer of 2016, Andrei Ciobanu received an offer from Cristina Jacob to screen the story: "We wrote the script, we cut it, erased it, rewrote it, we got annoyed, we looked for actors, we filmed and then we kissed for two years and finally the thing came out", said the comedian. [15]

Casting

A series of castings were conducted internationally and throughout Romania for several months. For the main character, there were considered actors from the United States, Great Britain and Romania (Iasi, Bucharest and Cluj). [16] The role of Andrei was given to Bogdan Iancu, a young upcoming actor from Bucharest.

Cristina Jacob declared that she auditioned about 10.000 actors for each character. Aggy K. Adams, a Polish-born actress who grew up in the United States and settled in London was chosen for the role of Ramona. For the role of Anemona, Holly Horne from the United Kingdom was chosen for the part. [17] Cristina Jacob, selected an international cast: Bogdan Iancu, Aggy K. Adams, Holly Horne, Basil Eidenbenz, Leonardo Boudreau, Andromeda Godfrey, Melanie Ebanks, along with guests stars such as Smiley, Feli, Andrei Ciobanu, Cristina Ich, Laura Giurcanu, Gina Pistol, Gabriel Jugaru and Howard Dell. [18]

Filming

From development to shooting, Oh, Ramona! production was a process of three and a half years with 35 days of filming. The shoot started in the summer of 2017 and finished at the end of September. [19] [20] .To avoid an explicit content, the director chose a variety of visual comparisons, particularly along the erotic discoveries of Andrei, that are doubled by images of exciting desserts. [21]

Music

The soundtrack of the film was created by HaHaHa Production. Among the creators is Smiley (Andrei Tiberiu Maria), a famous Romanian pop singer. The recording was coordinated by Cristina Jacob. During one of his interviews Smiley mentioned that “The music in the movie has not much to do with what is happening in Romania, musically speaking. This is the big advantage when you work for something like that, as you have a lot of freedom. We really like this story and the music in the movie, because it is a different challenge". Șerban Cazan, music producer at HaHaHa Production, pointed out that it was a surprise to see the final version of the film and the music they created: “we liked the music so much that I thought we should do a compilation ", said Cazan. [22]

Reception

Oh, Ramona! occupied the first position in the weekly Box Office of 2019. [23] The film had a budget over 2.5 m EUR, [24] which was partially covered by the Romanian Film Centre. The producers of the film are Adrian Sârbu and Daniel Jacob. [25]

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