12:08 East of Bucharest ***
Corneliu Porumboiu, 2007
Romania
@ Film Forum
They handed out a few DVDs of the director's short film, Liviu's Dream, beforehand--this is his first feature. Terrific, depicting the awkwardness of young lust and its consequences in a mid-sized, working-class city in Romania. The feature is hilarious and paced more briskly from what I'd expected per the reviews. While the recording of the television show is funny in a lot of ways, for my money the firecracker gag is the best bit in the film.
See also: IMDb | Metacritic | J. Hoberman review
Corneliu Porumboiu, 2007
Romania
@ Film Forum
They handed out a few DVDs of the director's short film, Liviu's Dream, beforehand--this is his first feature. Terrific, depicting the awkwardness of young lust and its consequences in a mid-sized, working-class city in Romania. The feature is hilarious and paced more briskly from what I'd expected per the reviews. While the recording of the television show is funny in a lot of ways, for my money the firecracker gag is the best bit in the film.
See also: IMDb | Metacritic | J. Hoberman review
Labels: 2007, 3 Stars, Corneliu Porumboiu, Romania
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