Closer to the Moon

Closer to the Moon (Romanian: Mai aproape de lună) is a 2014 comedy-drama film written and directed by Nae Caranfil and starring Vera Farmiga, Mark Strong and Harry Lloyd. Based on a true story, it is one of the most expensive productions in Romanian cinema.
Closer to the Moon premiered at the Making Waves: New Romanian Cinema Festival at Lincoln Center on November 29, 2013. Variety called the film "a surprisingly entertaining black comedy." It was released to cinemas in Romania on March 7, 2014.
Plot
Bucharest 1959. A spectacular National Bank of Romania heist has the country in an uproar. In post-war Communist Romania it is an unimaginable slap in the face to the iron fisted authorities. Four men and a woman (The Ioanid Gang) are arrested, tried, convicted and while waiting for their execution, they are forced by the Securitate to star in a propaganda film about the crime. All five protagonists were heroes...