Sieranevada

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Sieranevada

2016

2h 53m

Drama

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49 Reviews

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100+ Ratings

A doctor and his wife are having a family meal in Bucharest to mark the passing of his father when an argument about 9/11 breaks out and deteriorates into a settling of personal scores.

Critics Consensus

Sieranevada targets a narrow viewing demographic, but hits its targets with intelligence, humor, and patient craft.

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Justin Chang

Los Angeles Times

Sep 1, 2017

Nonsensically titled, formally accomplished and richly engrossing ...

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Brad Wheeler

Globe and Mail

Jan 13, 2017

3/4

The film's 176-minute length will tax patience, but that almost seems the point in a story about how truth is arrived at and/or denied.

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Bruce DeMara

Toronto Star

Jan 12, 2017

2.5/4

It is a bit of a slog, clocking in at almost three hours, but those of us with quarrelsome kin will find much to relate to.

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Laura Clifford

Reeling Reviews

May 2, 2019

A-

Puiu's film is darkly hilarious as we note not only just how many lies are told and why but how easy it is to accept them.

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Filipe Freitas

Film Threat

Mar 13, 2018

7/10

I exulted with a generous number of disconcerting and delightful episodes where Puiu, employing his directorial competence to better capture the family's moves with sharpness and wittiness, attempts to satirize life in today's unstable Romania.

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Nando Salvá

Cinemanía (Spain)

Nov 14, 2017

5/5

The type of film for which the qualifier "Masterpiece" was invented. [Full review in Spanish]

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Nov 5, 2018

A perfect mirroring of the schizophrenic reality of many families in Bucharest, as though I was at my home.

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Jun 13, 2017

All unhappy families are the same

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Jan 22, 2017

a claustrophobic living room drama of some sort. first-rate cinematography and long takes. requires patience, although pretty well paced. just like any other Cristi Puiu film: not for everyone.

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Oct 15, 2016

And Cristi Puiu is still my favourite Romanian new wave director

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Oct 4, 2016

This is the Romanian family.

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Sep 20, 2016

am plecat dupa 15 minute. m-au obosit cadrele lungi, dialogul telefonat si actorii care se simteau filmati. un romanian cinema care probabil isi dezvaluie pe parcurs intriga

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Synopsis

A doctor and his wife are having a family meal in Bucharest to mark the passing of his father when an argument about 9/11 breaks out and deteriorates into a settling of personal scores.

Director: Cristi Puiu
Producer: Anca Puiu
Screenwriter: Cristi Puiu
Production Co: Produkcija 2006 Sarajevo, Alcatraz Films, Studioul de Creatie Cinematografica, arte France Cinéma, Iadasarecasa, Mandragora, Spiritus Movens, Sisters and Brother Mitevski
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Romanian
Runtime: 2h 53m

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