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Beyond the Hills

Original title: Dupa dealuri
  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • 2h 32m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
13K
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Beyond the Hills (2012)
A drama centered on the friendship between two young women who grew up in the same orphanage; one has found refuge at a convent in Romania and refuses to leave with her friend, who now lives in Germany.
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The friendship between two young women who grew up in the same orphanage; one has found refuge at a convent in Romania and refuses to leave with her friend, who now lives in Germany.The friendship between two young women who grew up in the same orphanage; one has found refuge at a convent in Romania and refuses to leave with her friend, who now lives in Germany.The friendship between two young women who grew up in the same orphanage; one has found refuge at a convent in Romania and refuses to leave with her friend, who now lives in Germany.

  • Director
    • Cristian Mungiu
  • Writers
    • Cristian Mungiu
    • Tatiana Niculescu-Bran
  • Stars
    • Cosmina Stratan
    • Cristina Flutur
    • Valeriu Andriuta
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.5/10
    13K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Cristian Mungiu
    • Writers
      • Cristian Mungiu
      • Tatiana Niculescu-Bran
    • Stars
      • Cosmina Stratan
      • Cristina Flutur
      • Valeriu Andriuta
    • 38User reviews
    • 175Critic reviews
    • 79Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 8 wins & 19 nominations

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    Cosmina Stratan and Cristina Flutur in Beyond the Hills (2012)
    Cosmina Stratan and Cristina Flutur in Beyond the Hills (2012)
    Cosmina Stratan and Cristina Flutur in Beyond the Hills (2012)
    Cosmina Stratan and Cristina Flutur in Beyond the Hills (2012)
    Catalina Harabagiu and Cosmina Stratan in Beyond the Hills (2012)
    Cosmina Stratan and Cristina Flutur in Beyond the Hills (2012)
    Beyond the Hills (2012)
    Cristian Mungiu in Beyond the Hills (2012)
    Cosmina Stratan and Cristina Flutur at an event for Beyond the Hills (2012)
    Cristian Mungiu at an event for Beyond the Hills (2012)
    Cosmina Stratan and Cristina Flutur in Beyond the Hills (2012)
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    Cosmina Stratan
    Cosmina Stratan
    • Voichita
    Cristina Flutur
    Cristina Flutur
    • Alina Ringhis
    Valeriu Andriuta
    Valeriu Andriuta
    • Priest
    • (as Valeriu Andriutã)
    Dana Tapalaga
    • Mother superior
    Catalina Harabagiu
    • Antonia
    Gina Tandura
    • nun Iustina
    Vica Agache
    • nun Elisabeta
    Nora Covali
    • Nun Pahomia
    Dionisie Vitcu
    • Mr. Valerica
    Ionut Ghinea
    • Ionut
    Liliana Mocanu
    • mother Elena
    Doru Ana
    • Father Nusu
    Costache Babii
    • Doctor Solovastru
    Luminita Gheorghiu
    Luminita Gheorghiu
    • Schoolteacher
    Alina Berzunteanu
    • doctor Radu
    Teodor Corban
    Teodor Corban
    • Police inspector
    Calin Chirila
    • Policeman
    Cristina Cristian
    • Camelia
    • Director
      • Cristian Mungiu
    • Writers
      • Cristian Mungiu
      • Tatiana Niculescu-Bran
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    • Trivia
      Filmed and edited simultaneously in chronological order.
    • Quotes

      Priest: The man who leaves and the man who comes back are not the same.

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Cannes Film Festival 2012 (2012)

    User reviews38

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    7/10
    Bleak, but Rewarding
    'Based on a true story' – a phrase that can cover so many bases - is the slow-burning and languorous Romanian film Beyond the Hills.

    Set predominantly in a monastery in a bleak and poverty-stricken district, it is a complex and multi-layered film revolving around two young women, Alina and Voichita. Previously childhood friends then lovers, their lives intertwine once more when Alina returns from working in Germany in an attempt to once more enter into a relationship with Voichita who has since taken Holy Orders and is living the chaste and extremely frugal life of a nun. The rekindling of the relationship was always doomed and as Alina's mental health deteriorates with the realisation that she will not achieve her objective, she provokes a series of events culminating in the belief by some that she is possessed and needs cleansing.

    A Romanian film about faith, despair and unrequited lesbian love in an impoverished monastery was never likely to be an action-packed, sensationalist blockbuster. It is long at 155 minutes and its pace tends to alternate between dead slow and stop. It's the sort of a film which will take over 5 minutes to show a nun leaving the kitchen to draw water from the well and return to the kitchen with no dialogue or plot advancement throughout that period. But it is a film that has the courage to take its time, confident that it can draw you into the lives of the people whose story it tells. And on the whole it succeeds.

    There are no real villains or heroes in the film. It does not take the easy route to mock and blame religion for out-dated belief – when a nun believes she has been sent a sign from God and goes all peculiar, the Orthodox Priest in charge cuts down the hysteria curtly and tells her and the other nuns to move on. No, the people shown in this film, be they doctors, police or those of the cloth, are portrayed as well-meaning individuals all looking to do no harm even if, like all of us, they can be judgmental and self-righteous on occasion. Beyond the Hills is an unashamedly bleak and ultimately very sad film which gives no answers but merely records events leaving its audience to draw their own conclusions.

    Cinematography was good, though the constant sound of the ever-blowing wind was sometimes crude and off-putting.

    And there was an early failure of the sub-titles. When Alina first arrives at the monastery, the camera concentrates on a hand-written sign at its entrance. It's clearly of some import for it to be shown so, but the audience is not let in on its message. Post-film research ascertained it stated, words to the effect: This is the House of God. Forbidden to those of different religion. You must believe and not doubt. It would have explained much.
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    • TimMeade
    • Oct 24, 2013

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    • Release date
      • October 26, 2012 (Romania)
    • Countries of origin
      • Romania
      • France
      • Belgium
    • Official sites
      • Official site
      • Official site (Japan)
    • Language
      • Romanian
    • Also known as
      • Tepelerin Ardında
    • Filming locations
      • Campina, Romania(location)
    • Production companies
      • Mobra Films
      • Why Not Productions
      • Les Films du Fleuve
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $124,919
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $14,622
      • Mar 10, 2013
    • Gross worldwide
      • $673,493
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 32 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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