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Kontinental '25

2025 · 109 min

A bleak, wryly funny plunge into guilt and moral compromise, coolly observed and laced with absurdist bite.

Overview
Orsolya is a bailiff in Cluj, the main city in Transylvania. One day she has to evict a homeless man from a cellar, an action with tragic consequences that triggers a moral crisis which Orsolya must weather as best she can.

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 3 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • guilt
  • morality
  • class
  • isolation
  • death
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour6
Realism8
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Radu Jude
Written by
Radu Jude
Starring
Eszter Tompa, Gabriel Spahiu, Adonis Tanța, Oana Mardare, Șerban Pavlu, Annamária Biluska, Ilinca Manolache, Marius Damian
Cinematography
Marius Panduru
Runtime
109 min
Country
Romania, Brazil, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Luxembourg
Languages
English, Latin, Romanian, German, Hungarian

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