Where Are You Bucharest? (2014)

Original title

București, unde ești?

Directed by

Vlad Petri

Genre

documentary film

Country

Romania

Runtime

1h 20m

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

The film follows several people in Bucharest over a year, including a retired police officer, a dog trainer, and protesters, as they try to reclaim public space after the Romanian Revolution. It shows their actions during anti-government protests and a referendum, questioning how democracy works in a society still shaped by its communist past.

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