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Marin Grigore
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Judith Slate
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Orsolya Moldován
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András Hatházi
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Macrina Barladeanu
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Zoltán Deák
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Rácz Endre
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József Biró
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Ovidio Crisan
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Celasela Iosifescu
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Andrei Finti
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Bacs Miklos
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Marin Grigore |
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Judith Slate |
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Orsolya Moldován |
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András Hatházi |
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Macrina Barladeanu |
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Zoltán Deák |
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Rácz Endre |
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József Biró |
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Ovidio Crisan |
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Celasela Iosifescu |
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Andrei Finti |
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Bacs Miklos |
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Marin Grigore |
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Judith Slate |
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Orsolya Moldován |
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András Hatházi |
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Macrina Barladeanu |
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Zoltán Deák |
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Rácz Endre |
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József Biró |
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Ovidio Crisan |
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Celasela Iosifescu |
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Andrei Finti |
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Bacs Miklos |
Like the French environmentalist studying the return of the area’s bear population after the closure of a mine where many community members were once employed, the English-speaking and highly educated Csilla stands out like a sore thumb. She is the manager of an industrial bakery and, by night, learns how to play the In the Mood For Love theme on her cello. Unable to secure local employees willing to work for minimum wage (in favour of better-paying jobs abroad), she hires migrants from Sri Lanka to qualify for an EU grant. The presence of her workers agitates the xenophobic townsfolk and the tension and resentment grow like a tumour. But the heart of the malignant bigotry is a much more complicated organ, one R.M.N.’s writer-director – and the father of the Romanian New Wave – Cristian Mungiu (TIFF ’07’s 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days; 2007, Graduation 2016) operates on masterfully. His analysis of identity and nationalism at this historical, cultural, and economic crossroads is a deeply layered tour-de-force drama.