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7.5/10   441 votes
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Director:
Corneliu Porumboiu
Writer:
Corneliu Porumboiu (screenplay)
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Release Date:
2009 (Romania) more
Genre:
Comedy | Crime | Drama more
Plot:
A police officer refuses to arrest a young man for offering drugs to his friends. | add synopsis
Awards:
3 wins more
User Comments:
Tedious, plodding, ultimately unbearable more (11 total)

Cast

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Dragos Bucur ... Cristi
Vlad Ivanov ... Anghelache
Irina Saulescu ... Anca
Ion Stoica ... Nelu
Marian Ghenea ... Prosecutor
Cosmin Selesi ... Costi

George Remes ... Vali
Dan Cogalniceanu ... Vic
Serban Georgevici ... Politist
Costi Dita ... Officer on Duty
Alexandru Sabadac ... Alex
Anca Diaconu ... Doina
Radu Costin ... Victor
Viorel Nebunu ... Alex's Father
Emanoela Tigla ... Alex's Mother
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Police, Adjective (International: English title) (USA)
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Runtime:
France:115 min
Country:
Romania
Language:
Romanian
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Filming Locations:
Bucharest, Romania more
Company:
42 Km Film more

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Trivia:
Romania's official submission to 82nd Academy Award's Foreign Language in 2010. more

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11 out of 32 people found the following comment useful.
Tedious, plodding, ultimately unbearable, 25 September 2009
2/10
Author: GreenFeet from United States

Wow.

I tried to like it.

And maybe I will - some day. When I convince myself to try to sit through it again.

But, on this initial viewing, I couldn't make it through the first 30 minutes. So, take this as a disclaimer: this is a partial review. I don't speak for the whole film. Perhaps it blossomed into something incredible. I hope it did.

I normally enjoy long takes and slower pacing, but in this case, and in my opinion, the film went too far.

The film was so static that it almost became a still photograph. Literally. Take, for example, a section where a man watches the house of another man. He watches. The shot doesn't change. He keeps watching, he barely moves. A woman and her dog walk past just outside the frame. Five minutes later, he's still watching. And we're still watching him. In the same shot. Lots of watching. Lots of stillness. Lots of, in my opinion, indulgent film making.

Such a style asks A LOT of an audience. And I'll be the first to admit that I wasn't up for it. I'm sure there are more stalwart audience members out there.

I wouldn't have minded it, I think, if I had felt some sense of articulation, some sense of carving out from the real-time to create meaning.

But, I didn't.

At least, not before I got up and left...

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