Taking a real police case--it was also the subject of a novel called "Deadly Confession" (2006) by Romanian writer Tatiana Niculescu Bran--and fictionalizing it for the big screen, Romanian filmmaker Cristian Mungiu took his new film "După dealuri" ("Beyond the hills" in Romanian) to Cannes and walked away with two wins (Mungiu previously earned the festival's top honor, the Palme D'Or): best ... more >
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Cristian Mungiu
"If you make a 50 million-dollar rom-com and people don't like it you should be worried"
4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
In 4 luni, 3 saptamini si 2 zile (4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days), director Cristian Mungiu avoids overt political references giving his characters Otilia (Anamaria Marinca) and Gabita (Laura Vasiliu) a valiant voice. He illustrates difficult historical times with a story about a black market abortion. Without conceit, the film leads you to discover how an average life was affected by daily ... more >
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