Orsolya is a bailiff in Cluj, the main city in Transylvania. One day she must evict a homeless man who lives in the basement of a building. An unexpected event creates a moral crisis she tries to solve as best she can.
The Garden Cinema View:
Radu Jude's latest offering is as riotous and acerbic as his previous work, and returns to his favourite subjects: unregulated capitalism, post-Soviet legacies in Romania, and hilarious character studies of people caught between the two systems.
What's new in Kontinental '25 is Jude's exploration of how humans instinctively expel guilt rather than take responsibility or question the system itself.
As in Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World, nothing escapes Jude’s vitriolic satirical lens: the corrupt Orthodox Church, greedy estate agencies, Romanian nationalism, and corrupt police officers. Although firmly set in 2025 Romania, the film's dilemmas resonate far beyond its borders.
