In modern-day Transylvania, vampire hunts and labor strikes collide with sci-fi twists, romance, and AI-crafted tales, as multiple storylines blend folklore, classic horror, and contemporary elements into a fresh take on Dracula's legend.
Direction
Radu Jude's formal audacity — four films in one runtime.
Writing
AI-generated segments that actually critique AI generation.
Director
Radu Jude
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jude filmed during actual 2023 Romanian healthcare worker strikes, blurring documentary and fiction. The vampire-as-capitalist metaphor literally marches with real protesters.
The AI-generated segment used actual ChatGPT prompts from Jude, making the film's laziest-looking section its most conceptually rigorous — a prank on audiences who'd dismiss it.
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