Romania, 1968. Two very different brothers. Mihai is a secret police informant, Emil is a dedicated dissident. When they have the opportunity to have their ailing father’s eyes operated on in East Germany, the three set out on a moving odyssey.
Acting
The brothers' simmering resentment is *chef's kiss* painful.
Direction
Lazarescu captures 1968 Romania with unflinching intimacy.
Production
Period detail so precise you can smell the cigarettes and fear.
Director
Anca Miruna Lazarescu
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Romanian directors love road trips through communism—see also '4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days.' Lazarescu continues the tradition with more familial acid.
The eye surgery subplot was inspired by real medical tourism from Eastern Bloc countries, where vision literally meant freedom to see the West.
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