Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
★ The latest film by Radu Jude, winner of the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival
★ Representing Romania for the Best International Film at the 96th Academy Awards
★ Special Jury Prize at the 76th Lucarno Film Festival
Angela, an overworked production assistant who must drive around the city of Bucharest in order to film the casting for a “safety at work” video commissioned by a multinational company, ostensibly to raise awareness among its own employees on the various dangers that lead to work related accidents. Soon she encounters Marian, a half paralysed worker, who gets the part. When Marian reveals on camera that his work related accident is due to the company’s negligence, his statement ignites a scandal, which forces him to re-invent his story to suit the company’s narrative.
True to form, Golden Bear winner Radu Jude, sets his absurdist comedic drama in two parts. In a dizzying landscape, cinema, capitalism and technology meet the political sociology of the post totalitarian digital world.
Director: Radu Jude
Cast: Ilinca Manolache, Nina Hoss, Uwe Boll
 | About the Director Radu Jude is a Romanian director and screenwriter. In 2006, he made the short film The Tube with a Hat, winner of more than 50 international awards. His latest feature, Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn, won the Golden Bear in Berlinale 2021.In 2022, Jude returned to Berlinale with a short documentary co-directed with Cioflâncă: Memories from the Eastern Front. His latest short, The Potemkinists premiered in Quinzaine des Realisateurs 2022 and traveled in over 20 festivals up to now. | |