The Language of Gestures in the Romanian Films of the New Wave
The Language of Gestures in the Romanian Films of the New Wave

Summary/Abstract: The complex language of the non-verbal is a communicational variant through which words are completed or replaced. In accordance or not with the verbal, the gesture represents a modality of expressing the manifold nuances of thought and emotion. Moreover, when not accompanied by words, a gesture can create a language of meanings that are universally acknowledged and accepted. Mainly based on a minimalist pattern of artistic expression, the New Romanian Cinema enriches the gesture with a multitude of symbols that characterises a cinematic discourse in which non-verbal elements are much used. The new modality of thinking and making a film increases the symbolism of gesture, that, in many cases, is not accompanied by words, but by moments of silence. The present paper analyzes the endings of some films of the New Romanian Wave and demonstrates the relationship among words, gesture and silence, or, in other words, the connection that emerges within the non-verbal model that supports the process of communication.

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