PREVIEW: Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn (18)

WHO’S IN IT?

Katia Pascariu (Beyond the Hills), Claudia Ieremia (I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians), Olimpia Mălai (Diaz: Don’t Clean Up This Blood), Nicodim Ungureanu (A Farewell to Fools), Alexandru Potocean (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days), Andi Vasluianu (The Paper Will Be Blue), Stefan Steel (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Radu Jude (The Happiest Girl in the World), director, writer; Ada Solomon (First of All, Felicia), producer; Jura Ferina (Mother of Asphalt) and Pavao Miholjevic (Come Along), composers; Marius Panduru (Closer to the Moon), cinematographer; Catalin Cristutiu (Summer’s Over), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, school teacher Emi (Pascariu) finds her career and reputation in jeopardy when a sex tape between her and her husband (Steel) is posted online. As she prepares for a meeting where she will face parents that are angrily calling for her resignation, Emi becomes more and more determined not to succumb to the pressure…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Filmed during lockdown last year, this provocative and intelligent Romanian social satire won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival earlier this year – presumably for that rather eye-catching title alone.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 26TH NOVEMBER 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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