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Police, Adjective

Original title: Politist, adjectiv
  • 2009
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 53m
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7.0/10
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Police, Adjective (2009)
Cristi is a policeman who refuses to arrest a young man who offers hash to two of his school mates. "Offering" is punished by the law. Cristi believes that the law will change, he does not want the life of a young man he considers irresponsible to be a burden on his conscience. For his superior the word conscience has an entirely different meaning...
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A police officer refuses to arrest a young man for offering drugs to his friends.A police officer refuses to arrest a young man for offering drugs to his friends.A police officer refuses to arrest a young man for offering drugs to his friends.

  • Director
    • Corneliu Porumboiu
  • Writer
    • Corneliu Porumboiu
  • Stars
    • Dragos Bucur
    • Vlad Ivanov
    • Ion Stoica
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.0/10
    5.2K
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    • Director
      • Corneliu Porumboiu
    • Writer
      • Corneliu Porumboiu
    • Stars
      • Dragos Bucur
      • Vlad Ivanov
      • Ion Stoica
    • 45User reviews
    • 131Critic reviews
    • 81Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 15 wins & 15 nominations

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    Dragos Bucur
    Dragos Bucur
    • Cristi
    Vlad Ivanov
    Vlad Ivanov
    • Anghelache
    Ion Stoica
    • Nelu
    Irina Saulescu
    Irina Saulescu
    • Anca
    Cerasela Trandafir
    • Gina
    Marian Ghenea
    • Prosecutor
    Cosmin Selesi
    • Costi
    Serban Georgevici
    • Sica
    George Remes
    George Remes
    • Vali
    • (as Remes George)
    Adina Dulcu
    • Dana
    Dan Cogalniceanu
    • Gica
    Constantin Dita
    • Officer on Duty
    • (as Costi Dita)
    Alexandru Sabadac
    • Alex
    Anca Diaconu
    • Doina
    Radu Costin
    • Victor
    Viorel Nebunu
    • Alex's Father
    Emanoela Tigla
    • Alex's Mother
    Daniel Bîrsan
    • Barman
    • Director
      • Corneliu Porumboiu
    • Writer
      • Corneliu Porumboiu
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    • Trivia
      Romania's official submission to 82nd Academy Award's Foreign Language in 2010.
    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Extraordinary Measures/Fish Tank/Creation/Police, Adjective/Crazy on the Outside (2010)
    • Soundtracks
      Nu te parasesc iubire
      Performed by Mirabela Dauer

      Arranged by Dan Dimitriu

      Lyrics by Dan Ioan Pantoiu

      Produced by Roton Music

      Played and discussed at Cristi's home

    User reviews45

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    7/10
    Police, subjective.
    In "Police, Adjective", Romanian director Corneliu Porumboiu devotes himself to the story of a small town cop reluctant of busting a minor for endorsing hashish with friends. Although vague at first, we learn that the civil police Cristi is having an unease conscience about nailing the young man, which may inflict seven years in prison for what Cristi believes to be a petty crime that will – soon enough – be looked upon more liberated. Throughout pic we follow his daily routines and interactions in the downbeat and austere town of Vaslui, including scenes of parodic bureaucracy and laudable lengthy takes.

    "Police, Adjective" is admittedly in many ways difficult to interpret. The first half of the film deals with classic police work (classic as in reality, not classic as in previously depicted on film) including Cristi's pursuit of suspects and filing reports. For an audience used to clustered action flicks, this may seem as tedious and unbearable to endure. From a more objective perspective, I find it somewhat original and daring. This course of the film is harmless, it is on the contrary a certain, yet inevitable cul-de-sac initiated by a mere typo, that pushes it in a slightly too academic stand. On the other hand, it could also be considered an ironic twist when deciding how Cristi's moral dilemmas should be solved.

    One of the more unfortunate aspects of Porumboiu's directing, in particular substantial for "Police, Adjective" but nonetheless equally visible in previous film "12:08 East of Bucharest", is that the (black) humor sometimes may appear so subtle that when juxtaposed to foreigners it can be completely lost (in translation.)

    Watching Porumboiu's battle between an objective and supreme law versus Cristi's subjective conscientious law is evidently quite fascinating, despite being a bit too submissive at times.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • July 3, 2009 (Romania)
    • Country of origin
      • Romania
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • Romanian
    • Also known as
      • Policía, adjetivo
    • Filming locations
      • Vaslui, Romania
    • Production companies
      • 42 Km Film
      • Periscop Film
      • Racova
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • €800,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $53,206
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $19,452
      • Dec 27, 2009
    • Gross worldwide
      • $162,974
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 53 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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