Directed by Cristi Puiu • 2016 • Romania
Starring Mimi Brǎnescu, Judith State, Bogdan Dumitrache
Romanian New Wave leader Cristi Puiu continues to blend the personal and the political to arresting effect in this sprawling, drolly comic family portrait that doubles as an existential X-ray of contemporary Romanian society. In a cramped apartment in Bucharest, a family gathers for a memorial for their recently deceased patriarch. As they wait for the priest to arrive, discussions about everything from the legacy of Communism to 9/11 conspiracy theories spiral into arguments—before the arrival of an uninvited guest throws the commemoration into further turmoil.
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