A Leste de Bucareste
Director: Corneliu Porumboiu
Starring: Mircea Andreescu, Teodor Corban, Ion Sapdaru, Mirela Cioaba
A Leste de Bucareste
Director: Corneliu Porumboiu
Starring: Mircea Andreescu, Teodor Corban, Ion Sapdaru, Mirela Cioaba
Porumboiu, who also produced and wrote, elicits remarkably deadpan performances from Teo Corban (as the show's host), Ion Sapdaru (the professor) and - especially - Mircea Andreescu, as the old man. Even the subtitles cracked me up.
It's a movie that seems simple, yet its subtle and brilliant complexity is not to be denied.
For all its pessimism, the movie prompts a viewer to search his or her own memories for actions rather than reactions, and to mull over the differences between the two. It's a dark little ride, but at the end the lights hesitantly flicker back on.
Wonderfully droll, Cannes Camera d'Or winner.
It's clear that an exceptional body of work is coming out of this country at this particular time and place. It's not necessary to categorize these films to enjoy them, it's just necessary to go.
Best Foreign Film, Not in the Spanish Language (Mejor Película Extranjera)
Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards (2008)
Corneliu Porumboiu
Bratislava International Film Festival (2006)
Corneliu Porumboiu
Cannes Film Festival (2006)
Best Feature
Chicago International Film Festival (2006)
Buried Treasure
Chlotrudis Awards (2008)
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