The Romanian New Wave
Emerging at the turn of the millennium, the Romanian New Wave reinvigorated Eastern European cinema. With the likes of Cristi Puiu, Cristian Mungiu, and Radu Jude collecting awards from Europe’s top festivals, heads were soon turned to this remarkable domestic industry. Characterised initially by handheld realism and sharp social commentary, New Wave directors soon began to experiment formally as they found new ways to dissect their home country’s post-communist malaise.
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Movie + 2 extrasI Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians
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Directed by Radu Jude • 2018 • Romania
Radu Jude’s incendiary assault on nationalist myth-making and historical hypocrisy represents a high point in one of Romanian cinema’s most compelling careers. This meta-fictional film follows theatre director Mariana (Ioana Iacob) as she attempts to stage...
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Movie + 2 extrasAna, mon amour
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Directed by Călin Peter Netzer • 2017 • Romania
From Berlinale-winning director Călin Peter Netzer (Child’s Pose), this intricate and intimate dissection of a long-term relationship is one of the most striking Romanian films of the 2010s. Charting the heady highs and agonising lows of the romanc...
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Movie + 2 extrasAurora
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Directed by Cristi Puiu • 2010 • Romania
After bringing international acclaim to the Romanian New Wave with The Death of Mr Lăzărescu, Cristi Puiu returned with this stunning and enigmatic portrait of urban unease and masculinity in crisis. The director himself stars as Viorel, a discontented mi...
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Movie + 1 extraThe Tube with a Hat
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Directed by Radu Jude • 2006 • Romania
Radu Jude’s debut short announced a major filmmaking talent to the world back in 2006, winning at Sundance and Cottbus. A father and son haul a battered old TV set through mud and rain to the nearest town, hoping to get it fixed in time for a Bruce Lee film...