Chuck Norris vs Communism

Set in Romania during the late 1980s under the regime of Nicolae Ceausescu, this documentary explores how Western cinema reached the local population. The story focuses on a woman working as a translator and a man selling bootleg VHS tapes on the black market, whose efforts to share foreign films helped inspire a revolution.

The film was directed and written by Ilinca Calugareanu and produced by Aurelian Nica, Mara Adina, and Brett Ratner. It is a co-production between Germany, the United Kingdom, Romania, the United States, and the Czech Republic, involving production companies such as WDR, ARTE, RatPac Documentary Films, and Impact Partners. The cast consists of 109 credited individuals appearing as themselves, including Irina Margareta Nistor, Teodor Zamfir, Mircea Cojocaru, Vlad Craioveanu, Mihai Dobrovolschi, and Adrian Sitaru.

Released on November 12, 2015, with a runtime of 80 minutes, the project has been received positively by viewers. It holds a rating of 7.4/10 on IMDb based on 2,600 votes and a rating of 7.2/10 on TMDB from 60 votes.