Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World (2023)

Original title

Nu Aștepta Prea Mult de la Sfârșitul Lumii

Directed by

Radu Jude

Genre

comedy film

Country

Romania, Croatia, France, Luxembourg

Runtime

2h 43m

Rated

R 18+

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 121 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A female production assistant drives around Bucharest casting workers for a safety video. She navigates absurd situations and modern Romanian life.

satiricalabsurdistdarkly comicchaoticwryirreverentbleak

What happens

Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World (Romanian: Nu aștepta prea mult de la sfârșitul lumii) is a 2023 satirical absurdist black comedy film written and directed by Radu Jude. It stars Ilinca Manolache with supporting performances by Nina Hoss and Uwe Boll. It is a co-production between Romania, Croatia, France and Luxembourg. The film premiered at the main competition of the 2023 Locarno Film Festival, where it received widespread critical acclaim, and the Special Jury Prize. Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World was later screened at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival and at the 2023 New York Film Festival. It was selected as Romanian entry in the Best International Feature Film category for the 96th Academy Awards on 8 September 2023. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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