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Matthias returns to his home village in Transylvania, where his already difficult family-life and love-life clash with the boiling reactionary resentments in the village. Based on the real-life 2020 Ditrău xenophobic incident. The title refers to the technology of an MRI. Directed by Cristian Mungiu (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days). [more inside]
posted by fleacircus on Aug 10, 2023 - 5 comments

Mara, a Romanian nurse, has married one of her patients. She is waiting for US citizenship and is being blackmailed for an alleged sham marriage. She is on her own. Her husband does not help her. Warning: this movie will make you pray for an apocalypse. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Apr 27, 2023 - 1 comment

Romeo Aldea is a doctor who regrets having settled in his native Romania, a country still teeming with corruption and back dealings. He channels his ambitions for a better life into his teenage daughter, Eliza, who is just one exam away from securing a scholarship to a prestigious British university. But when Eliza is attacked on the eve of her test, endangering her ability to pass, Romeo takes matters into his own hands to ensure her success. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Nov 7, 2018 - 4 comments

Romania, 1987, the brutal Ceausescu communist regime is in place; birth control is illegal and abortion is a crime punishable by death. Gabita is almost five months into an unwanted pregnancy and in meek desperation turns to her friend and roommate, Otilia for help in organizing an illegal termination. Unfortunate circumstances force the two women to use an unwanted male abortionist, Bebe. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Nov 7, 2018 - 7 comments