December 17, 2009
Release Date

The World According to Ion B. (2009)

Name: The World According to Ion B.
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2009-12-17

Running Time

December 17, 2009
Release Date

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Plot.

The fascinating portrait of Ion Bârlàdeanu. The touching and inspiring story of a man who literally lived in the gutter for 20 years - and in the meantime managed to create paintings and collages which are now exhibited alongside works by Andy Warhol or Marcel Duchamp.

Where to Watch.

Rent

Currently The World According to Ion B. is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Universcine

Streaming in:
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Cast & Crew.

Alexander Nanau

Director

Andrei Cretulescu

Producer

Carmen Harabagiu

Producer

Aurelian Nica

Producer

Dan Parvu

Composer

Mircea Olteanu

Editor

Details.

Release Date
December 17, 2009

Status
Released

Running Time
1h

Filming Locations
Bucharest, Romania

Genres
Documentary

Last updated: 2025-04-21

This Movie Is About.

artist

art

homeless man

romania

Wiki.

The World According to Ion B. (Romanian: Lumea văzută de Ion B.) is a 2009 HBO Romania and Alexander Nanau Production documentary film. The film was written, produced, directed, and photographed by Alexander Nanau.

The film depicts the dream of a man living on the streets: to one day become famous and leave behind a life of poverty, misery and humiliation. The title character, Ion Barladeanu, is on his way to becoming an important contemporary artist, but in May 2008 he was still anonymous and living homeless on the streets of Bucharest.

It was the first Romanian film to win an American Academy Award when it won the International Emmy Award for Best Arts Programming in 2010.