Movie

Reconstruction

1968 · 100 min

A wry, uncomfortable chamber piece where bureaucratic cruelty is staged and filmed, leaving you squirming at the quiet abuse of authority.

Overview: A prosecutor, policemen and teacher take the students Vuica and Nicu to a restaurant to re-enact their drunken brawl there, and have it filmed to show the effects of alcoholism.
How it feels: Satirical, dark, cynical and absurd. Measured and demanding.
About: Power, corruption, class, morality
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: satiricalstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: power
corruption
class
morality
identity
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: mockumentary
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild