I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians

I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians (Romanian: Îmi este indiferent dacă în istorie vom intra ca barbari) is a 2018 black comedy film written and directed by Radu Jude.

[5] In a square in the centre of Bucharest, a young film director named Mariana is rehearsing a dramatic re-enactment of a dark episode in Romania's history.

This was when the fascist regime of Marshal Antonescu joined forces with Hitler in 1941 to invade the Soviet Union, citing two objectives.

A representative, while conceding that her script is historically accurate, tries to persuade her to tone down and to relativise the terrible crimes of the regime.

In the film, a stylized reenactment of the Romanian campaign on Odessa is played on the forecourt (now a parking lot) in front of the Royal Palace of Bucharest.

The Royal Palace of Bucharest forecourt, the setting of the re-enactment that takes place in the film
Leading actress Ioana Iacob [ de ] (right) with producer Ada Solomon (left) discuss the film at the Toronto International Film Festival