Movie Reviews of films that will be playing at TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival) in 2016. Go to TIFF 2016 Movie Reviews and read reviews of films showing at the festival.
SIERANEVADA (Romania 2016) ****
Directed by Cristi Puiu
Starring: Mimi Branescu, Mirela Apostu, Eugenia Bosânceanu
Review by Gilbert Seah
Romanian director Cristi Puiu is not known for his short films. His last success “The Death of Mr. Lăzărescu” clocked in at 150 minutes while his latest SIERANEVADA runs longer at 176 minutes and takes place mainly in three rooms in a cramped apartment where members of a family argue and argue and argue. Skeletons come out of the closet with no end. When a few guests leave the apartment, they still argue outside.
Is Puiu’s film unbearable? It will be to some, but his film is quite a masterwork of black humour well orchestrated and his film is actually…
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