Kontinental '25 (2025)

Directed by

Radu Jude

Genre

drama film, comedy film

Country

Romania

Runtime

1h 49m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 39 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A bailiff in Cluj-Napoca evicts a homeless man who then kills himself. She struggles with the moral weight of her actions.

bleakdarkly comicslow-burnthought-provokingunsettlingmorally seriousabsurdgritty

What happens

Kontinental '25 is a 2025 Romanian absurdist black comedy-drama film written and directed by Radu Jude. It stars Eszter Tompa as a bailiff in Cluj-Napoca who faces a moral crisis when a homeless man she has evicted kills himself. Its title is inspired by the Roberto Rossellini film Europe '51. An international co-production between Romania, Brazil, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and Luxembourg, the film had its world premiere at the main competition of the 75th Berlin International Film Festival on 19 February 2025, where it won the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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