Do not Expect too Much from the End of the World

Why we chose it

Nobody films today’s Europe like Radu Jude, who is both provocateur and scholar. He borrowed his title from Stanisław Jerzy Lec and cut a Romanian classic into the film to deliver a merciless takedown of modern consumerism, a world where old cinema and TikTok go arm in arm.

Synopsis

Angela, a production assistant in present-day Bucharest, has been up since four in the morning. A corporation has ordered a film about safety at work, and she spends the whole day driving around the city to film auditions with workers who were injured on the job and are supposed to tell their own stories. The company, though, has its own ideas about how those stories should go.

Information

Director
Radu Jude
Cast
Production year
2023
Decade
2020s
Duration
2h 43m
Festivals & Awards
Language
Romanian, English, German, Hungarian, Italian
Country
Romania, Luxembourg, France, Croatia
Subtitles
Greek, Polish
Age rating
16+

Locarno Film Festival

Special Jury Prize

2023

What others say

3.9
117 reviews

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