The collisions between the grave and the comic are crucial to the film’s vision of a society cracking under the weight of its inconsistencies.
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.