The ambition of Cristian Mungiu’s follow-up to his Palme d’Or-winning 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days will not be denied.
It’s Cristian Mungiu’s staging and compositional skill that lends the material its true sense of dawning dread.
The slender facts in this particular case can’t even begin to withstand the mammoth weight of a 150-minute running time.