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A film about language and its power. Conscientious policeman Cristi often investigates the minor drug dealings of local, bored, youths. He writes detailed reports for his Captain: “The suspect met no one, didn’t use his phone and smoked one cigarette. Nothing happened for two hours.” In frustration at Cristi’s reluctance to arrest the youths, the Captain forces his detectives to define the meanings of ‘conscience’ and ‘morals’. “a brittle sensibility and a philosophical bite that are… discreet, very Romanian and in a downbeat way, altogether devastating.” – Jonathan Romney, The Independent. (Cert 12A)
Dir: Corneliu Porumboiu 110 mins Romania 2009

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