Orsolya, a bailiff working in Transylvania, is sent to evict Ion, who has been living in a warm basement. The building is slated for demolition to make way for the Kontinental Boutique hotel. Ion is given time to collect his belongings, but when Orsolya returns, she finds he has taken his own life. Consumed by guilt, she desperately searches for closure, but in a Romanian society marked by nationalism, religiosity, and moral crisis, this proves far from easy. One of today’s sharpest cinematic satirists, Radu Jude, shot Kontinental '25 entirely on a mobile phone, drawing inspiration from Roberto Rossellini’s Europe '51. With unflinching clarity, the director critiques Europe’s current housing crisis and the consequences of the transition from socialism to capitalism. The film won the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay at the Berlinale.
Screenings at the “Pasaka” cinema are shown without English subtitles.
