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Cristi PuiuScreenplay:
Cristi PuiuCinematography:
Barbu BalasoiuCast:
Andi Vasluianu, Mimi Branescu, Bogdan Dumitrache, Eugenia Bosânceanu, Silvia Nastase, Dana Dogaru, Aristita Diamandi, Ana Ciontea, Valer Dellakeza (more)Plots(1)
Three days after the terrorist attack on the offices of Parisian weekly Charlie Hebdo and forty days after the death of his father, Lary, a doctor in his forties is about to spend the Saturday at a family gathering to commemorate the deceased. But the occasion does not go according to expectations. Forced to confront his fears and his past, to rethink the place he holds within the family, Lary finds himself constraint to tell his version of the truth. (Cannes Film Festival)
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Statistically speaking, Romanian cinema might just be the longest in Europe these days, rivaling even classic Bollywood epics in runtime. Sieranevada doesn’t really have a clear reason for its title, but it does pull you into the chaotic world of a Romanian family — just as messy as any typical European family. Watching it felt a lot like when I saw Pororoca in theaters: intriguing, with long, drawn-out shots that have a certain charm, but also moments that really drag. It’s everything all at once, packed into three hours.
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This amounts to three hours of confused looking around in an apartment of a few feet in size. A final catharsis is as helpless as life itself. Puiu's uncompromising method brought to a suffocating consistency. A film you have to endure to enjoy.
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