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Police, Adjectiv

POLICE, ADJECTIV/POLITIST, ADJ. 

Romania, 2009., 115’

Director

Corneliu Porumboiu

Cast

Dragos Bucur, Vlad Ivanov, Ion Stoica

AWARDS

CANNES FILM FESTIVAL 2009.
- Un Certain Regard
- FIPRESCI award

 

Cristi is a policeman who refuses to arrest a young man who offers hashish to two of his school mates. “Offering” is punished by the law. Cristi believes that the law will change, he does not want the life of a young man he considers irresponsible to be a burden on his conscience. For his superior the word conscience has a different meaning…

Corneliu Porumboiu (1975) is a Romanian film director and screenwriter. Apart from the multi awarded ‘12:08 East of Bucharest’ / ‘12:08 a Fost Sau n-a Fost?’ at Cannes film festival 2006. he directed shorts: ‘Călătorie la oraş’ (2003) and ‘Visul lui Liviu’ (2004). He is the son of well-known football referee Adrian Porumboiu.

 

29.08., SATURDAY, 20.00, DANUBE BARGE