Beyond the Hills
aka După dealuri
First screened in October 2012
Director: Cristian Mungiu. Cast: Cosmina Stratan, Cristina Flutur, Valeriu Andriuţă, Dana Tapalagă, Cătălina Harabagiu, Gina Ţandură, Nora Covali, Ionuţ Ghinea, Liliana Mocanu, Doru Ana, Donisie Vitcu, Costache Babii, Alina Berzunţeanu, Teodor Corban, Cristina Cristian, Călin Chirilă, Petronela Grigorescu, Ion Sapdaru, Vica Agache, Liana Petrescu, Alexandra Agavriloaiei, Noemi Gunea, Katia Pascariu, Ada Bârleanu, Mariana Liurcă, Ecaterina Ţugulea, Luminiÿa Gheorghiu. Screenplay: Cristian Mungiu (based on the nonfiction novels Deadly Confession and The Book of the Judges by Tatiana Mitulescu Bran).
Twitter Capsule: Diamantine visuals. Waves of tension. But shots, story beats over-repeat. Ideas run at a low ebb.

Photo © 2012 Mobra Films/Why Not Productions/Les Films du fleuve/
France 3 Cinéma/Mandragora Movies, © 2013 Sundance Selects
Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: B–

Awards:
Cannes Film Festival: Best Actress (Stratan & Flutur); Best Screenplay
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