

A Romanian fever dream where dying aristocrats seduce you into melancholy.
Cinematography
Every frame looks like a fading oil painting.
Acting
Dinică's Maiorică is devastatingly resigned.
Production
Crumbles of actual Romanian estates.

Director
Mircea Veroiu
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Adapts Ioan Slavici's novella, written during Romania's own aristocratic decline; Veroiu was part of the '80s Romanian New Wave's quieter predecessor.
Shot in actual crumbling boyar estates that were being reclaimed by nature — no set dressing needed for the decay.
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