Sieranevada

2016

2h 53m

Drama

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92%

Tomatometer

49 Reviews

77%

Audience Score

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.

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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

Nonsensically titled, formally accomplished and richly engrossing ...

Sep 1, 2017

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Brad Wheeler

Globe and Mail

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.

Rated: 3/4

Jan 13, 2017

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Bruce DeMara

Toronto Star

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.

Rated: 2.5/4

Jan 12, 2017

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Laura Clifford

Reeling Reviews

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.

Rated: A-

May 2, 2019

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Filipe Freitas

Film Threat

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.

Rated: 7/10

Mar 13, 2018

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Nando Salvá

Cinemanía (Spain)

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

Rated: 5/5

Nov 14, 2017

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Audience Member

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

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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Audience Member

All unhappy families are the same

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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Audience Member

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.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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Audience Member

Finding a perfect balance between touching and humorous, this revealing family drama is a fantastic ballet of camera and mise-en-scène (with many beautiful long takes), and I love the way it lets us organize in our heads the relationships between all characters in the family.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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Audience Member

And Cristi Puiu is still my favourite Romanian new wave director

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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Audience Member

This is the Romanian family.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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