Sieranevada

Sieranevada

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Director:Cristi Puiu
Cast:Mimi Branescu, Mirela Apostu, Eugenia Bosanceanu
Premiere:17. November 2016
Length:173 minutes
Genre:Comedy, Drama

Director: Cristi Puiu  •  Scenario: Cristi Puiu  •  Cast: Mimi Branescu, Mirela Apostu, Eugenia Bosanceanu

Three days in the wake of the terrorist attack on the offices of

the Paris weekly Charlie Hebdo, and 40 days after the death of his father, Lary, a successful doctor, is to spend the Saturday at his parents’ shoddy flat so as to commemorate the deceased. The day is expected to culminate with the arrival of a priest and a gathering. Everything has been thoroughly planned, yet nothing goes as it should, with the programme being disrupted by minor accidents, late arrivals, intrusions of unwelcome guests, a succession of squabbles. Old and new injustices are recalled, the discussion keeps turning to delicate topics. Neither those alive nor the dead are afforded peace. One of the “grandfathers” of the Romanian new wave, Cristi Puiu presents within several square metres a freak show of a variety of human types, who serve to symbolise the state of post-communist societies, trapped in stereotypes, hoaxes, ideological disputes, amidst a total absence of father figures. Sieranevada is a deadly serious comedy about living in falsity and unceasingly awaiting things that do not occur.

Length: 173 min

Year: 2016
Local premiere date: 17. November 2016

Country of origin:

  • Romania
  • North Macedonia
  • Croatia
  • France
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina

Director: Cristi Puiu  •  Scenario: Cristi Puiu  •  Cast: Mimi Branescu, Mirela Apostu, Eugenia Bosanceanu

Three days in the wake of the terrorist attack on the offices of

the Paris weekly Charlie Hebdo, and 40 days after the death of his father, Lary, a successful doctor, is to spend the Saturday at his parents’ shoddy flat so as to commemorate the deceased. The day is expected to culminate with the arrival of a priest and a gathering. Everything has been thoroughly planned, yet nothing goes as it should, with the programme being disrupted by minor accidents, late arrivals, intrusions of unwelcome guests, a succession of squabbles. Old and new injustices are recalled, the discussion keeps turning to delicate topics. Neither those alive nor the dead are afforded peace. One of the “grandfathers” of the Romanian new wave, Cristi Puiu presents within several square metres a freak show of a variety of human types, who serve to symbolise the state of post-communist societies, trapped in stereotypes, hoaxes, ideological disputes, amidst a total absence of father figures. Sieranevada is a deadly serious comedy about living in falsity and unceasingly awaiting things that do not occur.

Year: 2016
Local premiere date: 17. November 2016

Country of origin:

  • Romania
  • North Macedonia
  • Croatia
  • France
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina