When Evening Falls on Bucharest, or Metabolism
aka Când se lasa seara peste Bucuresti sau metabolism
First screened in September 2013
Director: Corneliu Porumboiu. Cast: Bogdan Dumitrache, Diana Avrămuţ, Mihaela Sîrbu, Alexandru Papadopol, Alexandru Jitea, Gabriela Cretan, Lucian Iftime. Screenplay: Corneliu Porumboiu.

Twitter Capsule: Another compressed exercise in witty pedantry from Porumboiu. Returns diminishing?

VOR:   A Living in Oblivion I can sort of get behind; quite committed to the director's uncute solipsism. Still, Porumboiu's risking self-repetition.



Photo © 2013 42km Film/Les Films du Worso

Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: B


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