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 FILM OF THE WEEK
'Black comedy with a subtle political edge...Poumboiu…is no less incisive in his com-
mentary on Romania’s recent history, no less dry in his intermittent and unexpected
humour and no less pleasing in his direct and uncluttered style of presentation'
- Dave Calhoun, TIME OUT
'Another intriguing sign of Romania’s confident new cinema... Beautiful performances'
- Martin Hoyle, FINANCIAL TIMES
'One of the best of the new wave of Romanian cinema…a droll delight…a slyly comic and dis-
armingly self-mocking tone. Beautifully composed…The television show…a masterpiece of care-
fully orchestrated chaos…Beautifully observed and very funny…a real treat.'
- Wendy Ide, THE TIMES
'Funny, eccentric... wonderful... Its performances are eye-catching...'
- Derek Malcolm, EVENING STANDARD
'The film is in the end a melancholy rumination on the failed hopes of Eastern Europe after the Cold
War, infused with a sense of farce and the irrecoverable nature of the past.'
- Anthony Quinn, THE INDEPENDENT
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