Messy, chaotic and overlong but perverse, thought-provoking and utterly ingenious, the Romanian provoc-auteur channels A.I. in his filmmaking with a humongous smirk on his face, as his meta-film implosively deconstructs ‘Dracula’.
The Romanian master is back with this Berlinale Best Screenplay winner as he continues his deeply unique reflection on human folly and irony, about a bailiff who feels extreme guilt after something devastating happens in her line of work.
The lives of six Romanians intersect days before the momentous fall of Communist dictator Ceaușescu, as this ambitious debut feature with a terrific climax shows us what it’s like to live in a totalitarian country, oblivious to the winds of change just around the corner.
In this astonishing meta-fiction, Radu Jude continues his refreshing streak of scathingly hilarious, politically-charged social dramas as an underpaid production assistant works overtime on a commissioned safety video.
An effortless if restrained effort by Mungiu that compellingly captures the state of Romanian society through one father’s series of moral dilemmas.
A masterwork of post-2000s East European cinema, this is an intense and uncompromising Romanian drama about illegal abortion that draws power from its stark visuals and ultra-long takes.
Mungiu’s somewhat belated take on xenophobia isn’t an all-powerful tale, but it smartly situates prevalent issues as a trickle-down effect of EU migrant policies in collision with chronic small-town racism.
Radu Jude’s debut feature takes cinematic tedium to mesmerizingly hilarious levels as he follows a young girl who is obliged to shoot for a commercial after winning a car in a lucky draw.
This Oscar-nominated documentary pitting bold investigative journalism against dirty politics reveals how the state could be complicit in the killing of innocent citizens as this eye-opening exposé shows us the shocking depths of corruption in Romania’s beleaguered healthcare system.
Critics have called this a cine-symposium, and rightly so as Puiu’s latest is an ultra-dense and ultra-slow exercise that sees five individuals debate over their stubborn—and at times arrogant—views on religion, morality and mortality in thought-provoking but dullish fashion.
Eternality Tan 