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Kontinental '25

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Orsolya is a bailiff in Cluj, the main city in Transylvania. One day she must evict a homeless man who lives in the basement of a building. An unexpected event creates a moral crisis she tries to solve as best she can.

Critics Reviews

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Nicolas Rapold Sight & Sound Stopping short of scepticism or resistance, Jude’s story might make its most radical point in acknowledging the scarcity of these times: change, personal or societal, requires the persistence of any conscience at all. Nov 5, 2025 Full Review Marina Ashioti Little White Lies It’s a film that is firmly grounded in the geopolitical specificity of Cluj, exploring ethnic tensions, economic inequalities, legacies of totalitarianism, the brutality of capitalism and the destructiveness of real estate. Rated: 4/5 Nov 3, 2025 Full Review Tara Brady Irish Times Nobody captures the absurdity and wretchedness of life under late capitalism quite like Radu Jude. Rated: 5/5 Oct 31, 2025 Full Review Filipe Freitas Always Good Movies Depending on one’s patience for slow cinema, this unabashedly sardonic work will either repel or fascinate—but it unmistakably continues Jude’s bold dismantling of Romanian society from within. Rated: 3.5/5 Nov 3, 2025 Full Review Robert Kojder Flickering Myth Ambitious in small-scale yet drawn-out, with Radu Jude coming across as if he is finding new characters for his protagonist to talk to to extend the length of Kontinental ’25 for no real reason other than that he loves indulging in dialogue Rated: 2.5/5 Oct 31, 2025 Full Review Maxance Vincent Awards Radar You’ll laugh a lot, sure, but underneath the layers of comedy is a real sense of urgency that hasn’t been felt from Jude like this before. Rated: 3.5/4 Oct 23, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews

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dlma1 M I saw this film at the AFI Film Festival in Hollywood. A Romanian film about a bailiff (more similar to a Sheriff in US terms), who is forced to evict a squatter from a building, with disastrous results for them both. The film is initially intriguing but then it degenerates into sophomoric philosophizing by the bailiff and the supporting cast. Not recommended. 5/10. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 11/05/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Radu Jude

Director

Eszter Tompa

Orsolya

Ilinca Manolache

Irina

Serban Pavlu

Priest Serban

Adrian Sitaru

Actor

Gabriel Spahiu

Ion
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Kontinental '25

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Movie Info

Synopsis Orsolya is a bailiff in Cluj, the main city in Transylvania. One day she must evict a homeless man who lives in the basement of a building. An unexpected event creates a moral crisis she tries to solve as best she can.
Director
Radu Jude
Producer
Rodrigo Teixeira, Alexandru Teodorescu
Screenwriter
Radu Jude
Production Co
Saga Film
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
Romanian
Runtime
1h 49m