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It's not because of this film especially but I have decided to not watch Romanian films for some years. There are certain aspects that I got sick of:

• very long shots that are useless and provide nothing (yes the long shots are very European specific but they do in in certain moments to evoke certain emotions. If you do this for the whole film then it's missing the mark)
• characters complaining about communism/old days/ being poor
• very typical Romanian characters
• that shot that many films have that have some sort of shock value or have to keep you disturbed for some minutes for no reason

These are some aspects that are in most of these films and you will find in this one as well.

The police officer is the only character that I enjoyed watching in this movie.

The ending also was kind of interesting although it doesn't completely make sense.

Maybe I just want a different kind of movie out of the Romanian cinemas that doesn't just fallback on some specific characteristics.

This movie is OK only if you have already read the book. It goes over the introduction and the basic information quite fast and if you don't know what the book is about it would take some time to get it and even then you wouldn't really fully get it. Beside from the way to fast paced movie, the main actor did a good job. But as I said the movie could have been so much more. Disappointed. The book is very good and it's a shame that there was not a movie to really capture the emotion and the thoughts that are presented in Orwell's work. I am still hoping that one day a good director can actually make this film into a better version.

I don't get what you people like about this film. I went to a film festival a few years ago to see it with a friend. We both watched it and after one hour left the cinema. There was no point in watching any longer. It really didn't make much logic so I don't recommend it to anybody. We waited and waited for something interesting to happen or anything to come together but that was not the case. You kind of get the idea at the start of the movie, but it's kind of downhill from there. And I did not get what was so shocking about this film. There is nothing good about it. Not in my view. But hey, everybody has a way of looking at things.