It leaves us almost gasping with its impudence.
The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu
2010 · 3h · N/A
Documentary
Directed by
Andrei Ujică
Overview
The three-hour-long documentary covers 25 years in the life of Nicolae Ceaușescu and was made using 1,000 hours of original footage from the National Archives of Romania.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Uses Soviet-era lies to uncover buried truths about its subject.
With its hefty running time, the film builds an unexpected emotional resonance, though never exactly sympathy...
As Ujica digs deeper, he enacts a petard-hoisting watchfulness.
A cinematic tour de force that tracks the rise, reign and grim fall of its subject.
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