Fresh
Like so many recent Romanian films, Stuff and Dough is tremendously well made on almost no budget, and blends the rhythms of ordinary life with a subtly ominous atmosphere and elements of thriller.
Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com
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Stuff and Dough
Overview
A young man from Constanța who has his own business aims to expand, but he doesn't have the resources.
Director and cast
- Cristi Puiu Director
- Alexandru Papadopol as Ovidiu
- Dragoș Bucur as Vali
- Ioana Flora as Betty
- Răzvan Vasilescu as Marcel Ivanov
- Doru Ana as Doncea
- Luminița Gheorghiu as Ovidiu's mother
- Constantin Drăgănescu as Ovidiu's father
- Petre Pletosu as Plutonierul
- Jana Gorea as Bunica
- Șerban Georgevici as Bodyguard
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
73%
Tomatometer
Fresh
New York is beginning to look like Bucharest on the Hudson.
V.A. Musetto, New York Post
Fresh
Making the minutiae of life hold continuous interest is no easy task, as demonstrated by [Cristi] Puiu's fledgling first feature, 2001's Stuff And Dough.
Sam Adams, AV Club
Fresh
Though it is suspenseful, unnerving and agile in its techniques, Stuff and Dough has more than speed and danger on its mind.
A.O. Scott, New York Times
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