The Death of Mr Lazarescu
Showing
Thursday, 18 January
7.30pm
Director
Cristi Puiu
Stars
Gabriel Spahiu, Ion Fiscuteanu, Luminata Gheorghiu, Luminita Gheorghiu
Rating
15
Year
2005
Country
Romania (Sub-Titles)
Length
153 mins.
Romanian writer and director Cristi Puiu gives us the last two hours of a man's life, real time, in The Death of Mr Lazarescu. Suffering stomach pains, the eccentric 63-year-old widower (Ion Fiscuteanu) is shuttled between a series of Bucharest hospitals. As the night wears on, bureaucracy, inefficiency, and indifference attend Lazarescu's demise.
"this haunting, artful movie will get under your skin" BBCi