Anul Nou Care N-a Fost (2024)
Genre: Drama
Duration: 138 minuten
Alternative title: The New Year That Never Came
Country:
Romania
Directed by: Bogdan Muresanu
Stars: Iulian Postelnicu, Mihai Călin and Adrian Văncică
IMDb score:
8,1 (6.386)
This movie is not available on US streaming services.
Reviews & comments
Flipman
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- 7116 messages
- 1145 votes
The build-up to the gigantic upheaval in this film is the summary of the stories of millions of people. It is very clever how Muresanu connects his characters, but limits the connections between their fates. Even knowing how this ends politically does not strip the tension.
My full review can be found here.
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mrklm
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- 11500 messages
- 9971 votes
At the end of December 1989, Romania is preparing for the new decade. The first reports of a massacre in Timişoara have reached the capital Bucharest and (as we know) the repressive regime of Secretary General Nicolae Ceaușescu will come to an end before the end of the year, but the desperate protagonists in this brilliantly constructed tragicomedy do not know this yet. Actor Florina [Nicoleta Hâncu] is summoned at the last minute to record the traditional 'patriotic Christmas song' for the New Year's broadcast, but due to conscientious objections she looks for a way out of it. Margareta [Emilia Dobrin] must leave her home before the end of the year. Brothers Laurentiu [Andre Miercure] and Stefan [Mihai Calin] try to cross the border illegally and Gelu [Adrian Vancica] fears for his life when he discovers which Christmas wish his son Marius [Luca Toma] sent to the North Pole. Gives a compelling picture of life under a dictatorial regime in which any hint of criticism is life-threatening, but does so with a mix of thriller, melodrama and a healthy dose of irony. Muresanu previously used the segment surrounding the Christmas letter (with the same actors) in his award-winning short film The Christmas Gift (2018).
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De filosoof
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- 2465 messages
- 1677 votes
The film shows life in the totalitarian Ceauşescu era, in particular how different people in Bucharest live in fear or struggle with oppression in different ways, but also how they resist in their own small way. Meanwhile, the bloodbath in Timișoar is in the background and in Bucharest too, only one spark is needed to ignite the popular uprising. Interesting, but I only found the story with the letter to Santa Claus really exciting.
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