Nae Caranfil's Dolce far niente to screen in Romanian cinemas in restored 4K version

20 July 2026 Dolce far niente, the film written and directed by Romanian filmmaker Nae Caranfil, will be released in local cinemas nearly three decades after it was made. The film premiered internationally in 1998 and has been screened at festivals over the years, but it never had a theatrical release in Romania. Restored and remastered in 4K by the Romanian National Film Archive, the film will be screened as part of a series of events in Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Iași and Timișoara. A co-production between Romania, France, Italy, and Belgium, Dolce far niente is inspired by Frédéric Vitoux's novel La Comédie de Terracina. It imagines a fictional meeting between the young Henri Beyle, later known by his pen name Stendhal, and composer Gioachino Rossini in Italy in 1816. The cast includes Gia