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* TheChessmaster: Puiut knows how to play Ovidiu.
* DaydreamSurprise: In one scene we see Ovidiu bring Diane home at his parents' apartment where they start making out in his room. Then the father suddenly [[InterruptedIntimacy interrupts their intimacy]] showing him the phone and power bills. The scene is revealed to be a [[BadDreams bad dream]] when Ovidiu wakes up on his typewriter.
* HairFlip: Diana does this in her toothpaste commercial.

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* DaydreamSurprise: In one scene we see Ovidiu bring Diane home at his parents' apartment where they start making out in his room. Then the father suddenly [[InterruptedIntimacy interrupts their intimacy]] showing him the phone and power bills. The scene is revealed to be a [[BadDreams bad dream]] dream when Ovidiu wakes up on his typewriter.
%% * HairFlip: Diana does this in her toothpaste commercial.



* PrisonRape: Puiut mentions that this happened to him when he went to prison in the 1950s.
* RoundTableShot: Used in the scene where Ovidiu introduces his ex-girl friend.

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%% * PrisonRape: Puiut mentions that this happened to him when he went to prison in the 1950s.
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* PhoneaholicTeenager: Bucescu, one Ovidiu's students, is always seen talking on the phone.
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''Philanthropy'' (original: ''Filantropica'') is a 2002 Romanian dark comedy film directed by Nae Caranfil.

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''Philanthropy'' (original: ''Filantropica'') is a 2002 Romanian [[BlackComedy dark comedy comedy]] film directed by Nae Caranfil.
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* DaydreamSurprise: In one scene we see Ovidiu bring Diane home at his parents's apartment where they start making out in his room. Then the father suddenly [[InterruptedIntimacy interrupts their intimacy]] showing him the phone and power bills. The scene is revealed to be a [[BadDreams bad dream]] when Ovidiu wakes up on his typewriter.

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* DaydreamSurprise: In one scene we see Ovidiu bring Diane home at his parents's parents' apartment where they start making out in his room. Then the father suddenly [[InterruptedIntimacy interrupts their intimacy]] showing him the phone and power bills. The scene is revealed to be a [[BadDreams bad dream]] when Ovidiu wakes up on his typewriter.
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* DawsonCasting: The high-schoolers in Ovidiu'a class look suspiciously old.
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->''"Once, there was a city whose inhabitants were either princes or beggars. Between them, there was nothing but stray dogs."''
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''Philanthropy'' (original: ''Filantropica'') is a 2002 Romanian dark comedy film directed by Nae Caranfil.

Ovidiu is a high-school teacher and struggling writer who still lives with his parents. He falls in love with Diana, the sister of one of his students. In order to impress her he agrees to a scam thought up by the roguish Pavel Puiut.

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!!This film provides examples of:

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: We learn that all girls at the high school were after school bully Robert.
* AxesAtSchool: One of the thugs coming from Robert pulls out a gun in class.
* BasementDweller: Ovidiu is a grown-up man with a day job as a teacher but due to economical difficulties he is still living with his parents.
* TheChessmaster: Puiut knows how to play Ovidiu.
* DawsonCasting: The high-schoolers in Ovidiu'a class look suspiciously old.
* DaydreamSurprise: In one scene we see Ovidiu bring Diane home at his parents's apartment where they start making out in his room. Then the father suddenly [[InterruptedIntimacy interrupts their intimacy]] showing him the phone and power bills. The scene is revealed to be a [[BadDreams bad dream]] when Ovidiu wakes up on his typewriter.
* HairFlip: Diana does this in her toothpaste commercial.
* HowWeGotHere: The movie opens with a scene midway through the plot and the lead character asks how they got there. Then the scene skips some months back to when it all began.
* ImpairmentShot: From Ovidiu's POV when he receives a brutal beating by the waiter.
* MaleGaze: The camera movement across Diana's body when Ovidiu meets her in class.
* MediaScrum: When Ovidiu come home, which was a fake home set up by Puiut, he is faced with an impatient crowd of reporters.
* PrisonRape: Puiut mentions that this happened to him when he went to prison in the 1950s.
* RoundTableShot: Used in the scene where Ovidiu introduces his ex-girl friend.
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