Afterimage: Corneliu Porumboiu

November 8–16, 2018

The Romanian filmmaker who has been called “one of our great contemporary observers of the human comedy” (Variety) visits BAMPFA to present and discuss his work.

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  • 12:08 East of Bucharest

  • The Treasure

  • Police, Adjective

  • When Evening Falls on Bucharest or Metabolism

  • Infinite Football

  • Upcoming
    Films
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  • Past
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Past Films

  • The Treasure

    Corneliu Porumboiu
    Romania, 2015
    Thursday, November 8 7:30 PM
    Corneliu Porumboiu in Person

    Two cash-strapped neighbors rent a metal detector to search for treasure that may or may not be buried at one’s family home in this disarming, deadpan parable on bureaucracy, hope, and unearthing the past. “A movie that lives up to its name” (New York Times).

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  • Police, Adjective

    Corneliu Porumboiu
    Romania, 2009
    Friday, November 9 7 PM
    Corneliu Porumboiu and Mona Nicoară in Conversation

    The Wire in Romania; Serpico with a thesaurus: a beat cop tails a teenage pot smoker around town, and engages his superiors in verbal battles about law, language, and justice. “Extraordinary” (Variety).

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  • 12:08 East of Bucharest

    Corneliu Porumboiu
    Romania, 2006
    Saturday, November 10 5:30 PM
    Corneliu Porumboiu and Mona Nicoară in Conversation

    A provincial TV talk show turns into a battle over the history of the Romanian revolution in Porumboiu’s hilarious allegory, winner of Cannes’ Caméra d’Or.

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  • Infinite Football

    Corneliu Porumboiu
    Romania, 2017
    Sunday, November 11 3:30 PM
    Corneliu Porumboiu in Person

    Perhaps the purest expression of one of Porumboiu’s favorite themes, rules vs. freedom, Infinite Football documents an unassuming bureaucrat with a unique extracurricular passion: attempting to revolutionize the rules of football.

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  • When Evening Falls on Bucharest or Metabolism

    Corneliu Porumboiu
    Romania, 2013

    Imported 35mm Print

    Friday, November 16 7 PM

    Continuing his very particular parsing of language and politics—here, the politics are cinematic—Porumboiu follows a film director rehearsing the details of a nude scene with his lead actress.

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