Dead man walking, but make it Romanian bureaucracy.
Acting
Téglás carries the hollow-eyed weight of a man eating himself alive.
Direction
Mălăele's theater roots show in claustrophobic, staged dread.
Director
Horațiu Mălăele
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Post-communist Romanian cinema loves this: the 'little man' destroyed by systems he tries to game. Think Porumboiu but meaner.
Director Mălăele is primarily a beloved comedian in Romania; this bitter pivot to tragedy shocked local audiences expecting laughs.
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