Nasty – More Than Just Tennis
Nasty
A deep dive into the life of Romanian tennis legend Ilie Nastase, the sport's original rebel.
Director: Tudor Giurgiu, Cristian Pascariu, Tudor D. Popescu
- Duration: 104 min
- Type: Documentary
- Genre: Biopic, Sports
- Status: Completed
- Release date: 2024
SOCIAL MEDIA
DETAILS
Production Company
Libra Films (Romania)
HBO (Romania)
World SalesGoodfellas
CAST
Ilie Năstase
Ion Țiriac
Jimmy Connors
Stan Smith
Bjorn Borg
John McEnroe
Billie Jean King
Rafael Nadal
Boris Becker
Yannick Noah
Nadia Comăneci
Gheorghe Hagi
CREW
Screenplay: Tudor Giurgiu, Cristian Pascariu, Tudor D. Popescu
Production: Tudor Giurgiu, Cosmin Hodor
Co-Production: Hanka Kastelicová (HBO)
DOP: Alex Brendea
Editor: Tudor D. Popescu
Sound: Dumitru Alexandru, Alexandru Dumitru
Original Music: Marius Leftărache
TRAILER
IN THE NEWS
- ‘Nasty - More Than Just Tennis’: Cannes ReviewScreen Daily
- ‘Nasty’ Review: Ilie Năstase Pop Doc Is An Ace, But How Halcyon Were Those Days? – Cannes Film FestivalDeadline
- ‘Nasty’ Serves Up Punchy Portrait of ’70s Tennis Bad Boy Ilie Nastase Who Helped Define EraVariety
- Review: Nasty – More Than Just TennisCinEuropa
AWARDS
- Audience Award – Best Documentary | SEEFest, Los Angeles (2025)
- Best Original Music – Marius Leftărache, Nikita Dembinski | GOPO Awards (2025)
FESTIVALS
- Cannes Film Festival - Special screening (2024)
- Karlovy Vary International Film Festival - Horizons (2024)
- Transilvania International Film Festival (2024)
- Shanghai International Film Festival (2024)
- Rome Film Festival (2024)
- Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (2024)
- Palm Springs International Film Festival (2025)
- South East European Film Festival Los Angeles (2025)
- Thessaloniki Documentary Festival (2025)
