In the festivals, this New Year, which has never come, the first film of Romanian director Bogdan Muresanu came out in our dark rooms. This historic tragicomed was very well received by the French press: its average rate from 5 to 3 (for 22 support, on April 30, 2025).
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December 20, 1989. Romania is on the verge of revolution. The government is preparing New Year’s Eve, as if almost nothing has happened, but the official varnish begins to hit. In the protest, six fates are found one day as another. Before the fall of Tsauescu and its diet.
What does the press thinks:
According to the group:
“Two hours and eighteen minutes of picturesque story, where tragic and comic books find their incandescent point in equal parts.” By Anne -Claire Cieutat – 5/5
According to the positives:
“For his first feature film, Bogdan Murresanu director film, who was devoid of the Romanian Revolution. He is interesting.” By Fabien Bauman – 5/5
According to Alzas’s latest news:
“We are never far away from the farce, so it is an earthly, absurd – and that’s exactly what makes it so strong.” By Natalie Chiflet – 4/5
According to humanity:
“A minifrec full of bitter laughter and frost tears.” By Vincent Ostre – 4/5
According to La Tribune, Sunday:
“Emotion and laughter in the program, in the service of notes that are suspended until the family is completed.” By Aurelien Cabrol – 4/5
According to the film sheets:
“This first feature film takes into account the inheritance of a new Romanian wave, add to the history fragrance for a country portrait, before the fall of Ceausescu. The result is enough, but less radical than its models.” Pierre -Simon Gutman – 4/5
According to Le Figaro:
“The filmmaker offers intimate lighting for this crucial event. The result. Not one superfluous. We’re there. We hear everything.” By Eric Nehof – 4/5
According to the match of Paris:
“Sometimes didactic, of course, very long, the film is still interesting about the daily life of the communist regime as a pressure stove that explodes. Both terrible and amplifier.” By Fabrice Leclerc – 3/5
Source: Allocine
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