Radu Jude’s takes the audience with ‘Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World’ to North America, Multiple Territories.
The film is a giddy Romanian experiment … egy feminist satire that looks at two women fighting the patriarchy in Romania, in the past and present, Do Not Expect Too Much premiered in Locarno and was awarded with Special Jury Prize. In Chicago, the female protagonist, Ilinca Manolache, was honored with an award and also the film was screened at the Toronto International Film Festival. Romania has picked it to be its official entry for the 2024 Oscars in the best international feature category.
At two hours and 43 minutes, Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World (or Nu astepta prea mult de la sfârsitul lumii) is far longer than your average comedy. It’s also far more absurd in a way that demands this humongous runtime, coming preloaded with enough ideas for an entire series of satirical films. Its story follows burnt-out millennial production assistant Angela (Ilinca Manolache) across a single day. Through this tale of the modern gig economy, Romanian director Radu Jude explores the entanglement of contemporary image-making with the internet, cinema’s past, and corporate capitalism.
Director Radu Jude – Writer Radu Jude – Actors : Ilinca Manolache – Ovidiu Pirsan – Nina Hoss – Dorina Lazar – László Miske – Serban – Pavlu – Katia Pascariu.
Will be two screening on Saturday, February, 3. – 7 p.m at the Puskin Movie Theater and Saturday, February, 24. – 7 p.m. at the Uránia National Movie Theater. Tickets available on the spot.
It will be shown in the original language with Hungarian subtitles.
Update by Aggie Reiter
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