Three years after the global pandemic had immobilized the world in fear and anxiety the director of Sieranevada and The Death of Mr Lăzărescu returns back in time to reflect on what happened through four loosely interconnected stories. Taken together, the effect is a despairing, somewhat conservative, but nontheless masterful portrait of modern Romania. One in which venality, anger, violence and amorality has taken over and people now feel empowered to tear one another – be it body or mind – apart.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 2 hr. 40 min.
- Country, year
- Romania, Moldova, France, 2023
- Genre
- Drama
- Language
- Romanian
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian, English
- Age rating
- N-16
Credits
- Director
- Cristi Puiu
- Screenplay
- Cristi Puiu
- Producers
- Cristi Puiu, Anca Puiu
- Cast
- Bianca Cuculici, Laur Bondarenco, Otilia Panaite, Florin Tibre, Igor Babiac, Roxana Ogrendil, Adelaida Perjoiu, Dorian Boguta, Dragos Bucur, Marin Cumatrenco
- More information
- www.imdb.com
Festivals and awards
Director
Cristi Puiu
Cristi Puiu - screenwriter and director, considered a pioneer of the Romanian New Wave. His film The Death of Mr Lăzărescu won the Un Certain Regard Award at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated in two European Film Awards categories. Aurora won three Romanian Film Awards in 2012 and Sieranevada was screened in Competition at Cannes in 2016.
