He tried to use "conscience" against the "system"

Raphaelle 2022-03-04 08:01:15

"That kid's going to jail seven years for smoking a pot?"
"We just ruined his life?"
"I don't think it's right."
"Sir, they're just a bunch of crazy kids."
"I don't want to be ignorant. Arrest that child with conscience."

In Romania, a secret police did not want to arrest a student with conscience, who had violated a law that he thought was about to be repealed, and tried to use "conscience" against the "system". In the second half of the film, the passage between him and his superiors is a classic. In the middle of their conversation, there is a plate of dazzling fruit, which is mouth-watering, but it is plastic.

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  • Allen 2022-03-04 08:01:15

    With a stripped down and refined style, CP tells us the ridiculousness of a rusty system in a dehumanized and rigid delirium. Free and innovative

  • Toby 2022-04-21 09:03:37

    It's very similar to "Three Weeks and Two Days in April", one long shot after another, with few lines, very restrained tone, boring, but you can watch it, and the ending shocks you. Some say it's the Romanian New Wave