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Sieranevada
Drama - 2016
Sieranevada
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7.7
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Back from a professional trip to Paris, a neurologist at the pinnacle of his career has to pick up his wife so that they can attend a family meal to commemorate his father, who died a year before. At his mother's flat, the guests are waiting for the priest to arrive while arguing about all kinds of things connected and unconnected with the world’s events and wars.
Director:
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Cristi Puiu
Cast:
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Mimi Brănescu

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Details

Rated:
N/A
Runtime:
173 min
Release date:
3 Aug 2016
Country:
BA, RO, MK, FR, HR
Languages:
Romanian
Budget:
$1,488,410
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
14 wins & 15 nominations.

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
A claustrophobic, quietly absurd family portrait.
– Dave Calhoun,
Time Out,
13 May 2016
fresh:
The good news is that it's still a top-drawer New Wave film, familiar in the best ways while offering fascinating insights into human nature, identity and foibles.
– Boyd van Hoeij,
Hollywood Reporter,
13 May 2016
fresh:
Sieranevada is a monumental portrait of a family and a society ripped apart by the mistrust that comes from a violent and perilous history, clinging to memories that create rifts instead of healing them.
– Steve Pond,
TheWrap,
13 May 2016
fresh:
While the film may be ponderous going for the vast majority of moviegoers, if only because characters talk and talk and talk, but seldom ever speak the truth... Sieranevada gives audiences plenty to sink their teeth into over the hours and days to come.
– Peter Debruge,
Variety,
13 May 2016
fresh:
For better and worse, the film itself, which was inspired by the 40-day wake for Puiu's own father, feels similarly random and personal.
– Mike D'Angelo,
AV Club,
20 May 2016
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