The film will be a Romanian production of Castel Film, with a budget of 1.5 million euro. U.S. actor Frank Langella is no longer slated to play the main character, as was previously announced. The premiere is now due in spring 2012.
The project is supported by the Romanian public television (www.tvr.ro), and by advertising company McCann-Erickson (www.mccann.ro). It received a €350,000 grant from the National Centre for Cinema (www.cncinema.abt.ro).
The shooting of Puzzle for a Blind Man/Puzzle pentru un orb will last five weeks. The Romanian cinematographer Marius Panduru (Police, Adjective, If I Want To Whistle, I Whistle) is the DOP.
Production information:
Castel Film Studios
25A Emanoil Porumbaru street,
Sector 1,
Bucharest, Romania
Vlad Paunescu: tel: 0040-21-222.55.65
fax: 0040-21-222.55.59
