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Hawaii

2017 · 116 min

A wry, bittersweet slow burn about wanting money you are not allowed to want, funny and tense in equal measure.

Directed by
Jesús del Cerro
Genres
Drama
Starring
Dragoș Bucur, Andi Vasluianu, Rodica Lazăr
Overview
Hawaii is a story on the struggle of inheriting $3 million in communist-era Romania when owning $1 could mean losing your freedom and touches on the theme of how money could buy if not happiness, at least the freedom to choose unhappiness.

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Directed by
Jesús del Cerro
Genres
Drama
Starring
Dragoș Bucur, Andi Vasluianu, Rodica Lazăr
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • greed
  • freedom
  • class
  • family
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour4
Realism7
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Jesús del Cerro
Written by
Ruxandra Ghițescu, Manuel Feijóo, Beatriz G. Cruz, Jesús del Cerro
Starring
Dragoș Bucur, Andi Vasluianu, Rodica Lazăr, Cristina Flutur, Cătălin Cățoiu, Constantin Cojocaru, Gheorghe Ifrim
Music
Juan Carlos Cuello
Cinematography
Tudor Vladimir Panduru
Runtime
116 min
Country
Romania
Languages
English, Romanian

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