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I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians

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A young artist reconstructs a historical event from 1941, in which the Romanian Army carried out ethnic cleansing on the Eastern Front.

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Ben Sachs Chicago Reader This is heady stuff, but never daunting. Rated: 4/4 Aug 2, 2019 Full Review Justin Chang Los Angeles Times The movie's refusal to dumb down its ideas, truncate its arguments or skimp on the power of its own verbiage is precisely what makes it so mesmerizing. Jul 26, 2019 Full Review Jonathan Romney Film Comment Magazine Director Radu Jude presents a simultaneously playful and intense meditation on the ways in which recreating the past can obscure history's meaning as one gets caught up in the making of illusion. Jul 22, 2019 Full Review Dan Sareen Vague Visages ...narratively, Jude’s film achieves little... Sep 21, 2023 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews A brilliantly conceived film. Rated: A Feb 24, 2020 Full Review Tim Brayton Alternate Ending What gives it nearly all its bite is the big questions it asks about history, and representing history through art. Rated: 4.5/5 Dec 6, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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Bogdan M In "I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians," the story is undeniably compelling. However, I found myself struggling to connect with it on a deeper level. While the narrative is intriguing, I didn't feel as emotionally invested as I had hoped. Overall, while the story is thought-provoking, the experience left me wanting more in terms of personal engagement. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 05/01/24 Full Review Michael E Outstanding. Brilliantly directed and acted. Its theme is the prevalence of historical amnesia in societies that want to forget their brutalization and extermination of racial and ethnic minorities. That's what makes this Romanian production relevant for Americans, so many of whom prefer not to think about how slavery and genocide were instrumental, indeed essential, in building our country. It does help to have a knowledge of Holocaust history, and even more so if you already know about Romania's role in that event, which I do. And you have to have the patience to listen to the thought-provoking dialogues in the film. So if you can find that hard-to-get DVD, by all means do so. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/07/20 Full Review Audience Member One of the worst films I've seen. Awful acting, pretentious and senseless dialogues. Long useless shots of penis and hanged people. Why? Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Я никак не мог пропустить кино о Холокосте в Одессе, который забрал моих прадедушек и прабабушек. Но это кино не переносится ни в Одессу, и не в то время. Это наше время и это место где евреев почти не осталось. И несмотря на это, оно расскрывает Холокост так, как я никогда не видел. Потому что это не трагедия прошлого. Я такого кино про Холокост раньше никогда не видел. Я такого кино просто никогда не видел. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Audience Member Timely and darkly humorous, the film challenges us to recognize the reverberations of the past in the present. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Audience Member I strongly recommend this powerful, exquisitely written and acted film on the difficulty in facing our savage, murderous sides. Ironic and beautifully conveyed message without being overly didactic. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A young artist reconstructs a historical event from 1941, in which the Romanian Army carried out ethnic cleansing on the Eastern Front.
Director
Radu Jude
Producer
Ada Solomon
Screenwriter
Radu Jude
Distributor
Big World Pictures
Production Co
Les Films d'ici, Endorfilm, Komplizen Film, Klas Film, ZDF/Arte
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
Romanian
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 19, 2019, Limited
Box Office (Gross USA)
$11.3K
Runtime
2h 20m
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)