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
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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