Merry Christmas 20 Dec 2006 Director: Christian Carion France, Germany, UK, Romania 2005 116 min On Christmas Eve in 1914 in the trenches of Northern France the the bloodiest war in human history is well underway. Soldiers from France and Germany have been fighting in trenches barely 100 metres apart. This day, however, witnesses a… Continue reading Joyeux Noel
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Graduation
4 Oct 2017 Director: Cristian Mungiu Romania 2016 128 min The latest work from Cristian Mungiu (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days) deservedly won him Best Director at Cannes. Masterful in its construction, this is a gripping drama in which good intentions and guilty secrets gradually erode the moral certainties of a middle-class family.… Continue reading Graduation
4 luni, 3 săptămâni ş i 2 zile – 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
16 Feb 11 Director: Christian Mungiu Romania 2008 113 min Mungiu’s excruciatingly intense drama is set in Bucharest, in 1987, a time when abortion was outlawed. A young college student, Gabita, finds herself pregnant and in big trouble. Unsure of what to do, she turns to her roommate, Otilia, for help. The women meet Mr… Continue reading 4 luni, 3 săptămâni ş i 2 zile – 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
The Whistlers
06 October 2021 Romania/France/Germany 2019 Director: Corneliu Porumboiu Romanian director Corneliu Porumboiu moves into film noir territory with this tough, twisty, elegant and stylish double-dealing thriller. Corrupt cop Cristi (Vlad Ivanov) is a member of a Bucharest crime syndicate. He travels to the Canary Island of La Gomera as part of a plan to free… Continue reading The Whistlers