---
title: 'Philanthropy (2002)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Nae Caranfil'
released: '2002-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 110
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Romania'
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/philanthropy-2002'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0314067/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Philanthropy (2002)

2002 · 110 min · Comedy · Romania, France

Original title: Filantropica

## Synopsis

Filantropica is a 2002 Romanian dark comedy film directed by Nae Caranfil and starring Mircea Diaconu. Critically acclaimed and considered a landmark film of the Romanian New Wave, it is described as a "comedy about corruption and greed and how to get a free meal in fancy restaurants". Caranfil, the director, has a cameo appearance as a karaoke singer, singing Frank Sinatra's "My Way".

## Credits

- **Director:** [Nae Caranfil](https://cinepixo.com/people/nae-caranfil)
- **Screenplay:** [Nae Caranfil](https://cinepixo.com/people/nae-caranfil)
- **Producer:** [Andrei Boncea](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrei-boncea)

## Cast

- [Ovidiu Niculescu](https://cinepixo.com/people/ovidiu-niculescu)
- [Florin Zamfirescu](https://cinepixo.com/people/florin-zamfirescu)
- [Valentin Popescu](https://cinepixo.com/people/valentin-popescu)
- [Florin Călinescu](https://cinepixo.com/people/florin-calinescu)
- [Monica Ghiuță](https://cinepixo.com/people/monica-ghiuta)
- [Mircea Diaconu](https://cinepixo.com/people/mircea-diaconu)
- [Marius Florea Vizante](https://cinepixo.com/people/marius-florea-vizante)
- [Mimi Brănescu](https://cinepixo.com/people/mimi-branescu)
- [Bogdan Talașman](https://cinepixo.com/people/bogdan-talasman)
- [Dragoș Moștenescu](https://cinepixo.com/people/dragos-mostenescu)
- [Gheorghe Dinică](https://cinepixo.com/people/gheorghe-dinica)

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