The Father Who Moves Mountains

2021

1h 48m

Drama

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83%

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6 Reviews

24%

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50+ Ratings

Mircea Jianu, a retired Intelligence officer in his 50s, finds out that his son from a previous marriage went missing in the mountains. As any concerned parent would, he travels there hoping the young man will be found alive and well. But after several days of unavailing searches, Mircea decides to put his own rescue team together, leading to conflict with the local squad. Gradually, the tormented father who refuses to accept the obvious becomes entangled in a frantic battle with man and nature.

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Deborah Young

Hollywood Reporter

An adventure film with its heart in the modern tradition of Romanian film drama, it should appeal to a larger audience than pure art house fans.

Jun 21, 2021

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M.N. Miller

Ready Steady Cut

The Father Who Moves Mountains is a gripping character study in obsession and redemption.

Rated: 3.5/5

Oct 9, 2022

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Robert W. Butler

Butler's Cinema Scene

Tudor Vladimir Panduru's cinematography captures all the harsh beauty of the mountains in winter while carefully mapping the changing emotions on human faces.

Rated: B

Sep 23, 2021

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JK Sooja

Common Sense Media

The scenery and cinematography on display are gorgeous and lush. The rest of the elements of The Father Who Moves Mountains, unfortunately, are quite underwhelming and disappointing.

Rated: 2/5

Sep 21, 2021

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Johnny Loftus

Decider

The Father Who Moves Mountains skilfully balances the turmoil at work inside a man inspired by love and guilt against the threatening majesty of a mountain that understands nothing as infinitesimal as one human life.

Sep 17, 2021

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Roger Moore

Movie Nation

A rescue in-the-snowy mountains tale...that summons up memories of Romania's bad old days, the Ceausescu police state where having power meant the rules were different for you.

Rated: 2.5/4

Sep 17, 2021

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Xander S

This was a very bad movie it was slow and a downer. Waste of time DO NOT WATCH.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/09/24

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Sofia

If you have the money and power you can get anyone to help you dig in meters of snow, when you could only wait a few months and the same snow will melt and let free the son...Horrible movie.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

11/07/23

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Sally P

The scenery is beautiful. SPOILER ALERT But, the ending was awful. Seemed to be about a fathers obsession with finding his son's body with no resolution at all.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

06/16/23

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rita k

not good, uninspiring characters, unattractive characters, bad acting, there's nothing good to say about it unfortunately, well, the mountain scenery was beautiful but that's about all

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/08/23

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Frank K

Awful !!!!!!!! One of the worst movies I ever watched!!!

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

03/05/23

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Cindy P

This movie was TERRIBLE! Seriously do not waste your time. Do anything else with your two hours and your time will be better spent. This movie has large gaps that make no sense, all of the characters are horrible people, and it has NO ending. Seriously the movie just ends like they ran out of money. I cannot stress this enough. I deeply regret wasting an evening on this thing. Run while you still can.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/23/23

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Synopsis

Mircea Jianu, a retired Intelligence officer in his 50s, finds out that his son from a previous marriage went missing in the mountains. As any concerned parent would, he travels there hoping the young man will be found alive and well. But after several days of unavailing searches, Mircea decides to put his own rescue team together, leading to conflict with the local squad. Gradually, the tormented father who refuses to accept the obvious becomes entangled in a frantic battle with man and nature.

Director: Daniel Sandu
Producer: Cristian Mungiu
Screenwriter: Daniel Sandu
Production Co: Mobra Films, Film i Väst, Mindset Productions , Filmgate Films
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Romanian
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 17, 2021
Runtime: 1h 48m

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