Romanian
see all genres ›Romania was a relatively little-known outpost of Eastern European cinema until an unprecedented explosion of distinctive features by new directors like Cristi Puiu, Cristian Mungiu and Corneliu Porumboiu took international audiences by storm (first at film festivals and then in wide export) with their striking, austere, barbed existential realism.
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Aurora
A mesmerizing new masterwork from the director of the critically-acclaimed THE DEATH OF MR. LAZARESCU, AURORA is a murder mystery turned on its head, where the mystery's not the culprit but the motive. Inside a non-descript apartment kitchen, a man and a woman discuss the inconsistencies in "Red Riding Hood," their voices...Start your free trial to watch -
Elevator
A boy and a girl, high school teenagers, want to get away from the world and be alone for an afternoon. They decide to hide in an abandoned factory on the outskirts of town. While there, they fall in a trap of their own intention and get stuck in a cargo elevator. There is no one around to hear them and nobody knows where...Start your free trial to watch -
If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle
Silviu has only two weeks left before his release from a hostile juvenile detention center. But when his mother, who abandoned him long ago, returns to take his younger brother away, those two weeks become an eternity. While his outcries for help fall on deaf ears, he finds himself mercilessly taunted and...Start your free trial to watch
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Tuesday, After Christmas
In the days leading up to Christmas, a married man forces himself to choose between his wife and his mistress. A sharply observed, deeply felt drama from director Radu Muntean showcasing the strengths of current Romanian cinema in its beautifully calibrated performances, expert craftsmanship and dazzling...Start your free trial to watch




