One Floor Below

Alternate title(s):
Foreign Title: Un etaj mai jos
Date: January 01, 2015 to December 31, 2015
Dates Note: 2015
Country of Origin: France , Germany , Romania , Sweden
Place of Origin: Romania/France/Germany/Sweden
Languages: Romanian
Color: Color
Silent: No
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Curator Notes

Description: 

Romanian director Radu Muntean (The Paper Will Be Blue) offers a provocative meditation on privacy and social responsibility in this restrained thriller. Sandu Patrascu (expertly played by Teodor Corban) is a family man who witnesses a domestic quarrel in his apartment block. His response drives the dramatic tension of the film, creating doubt and ambiguity. Sandu is at odds with his own conscience and with the other principal characters. Muntean’s handling of seemingly mundane details, at home and at work, heightens the drama and stands as an oblique comment on societal distrust of authority in post-Ceaușescu Romania.

Authors/Roles: 
Susan Oxtoby


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