Police, Adjective ( Politist, adjectiv ) ( Intermediar (Policía, adjetivo) )

Police, Adjective (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Politist, adjectiv
Alternate Title: Intermediar (Policía, adjetivo)
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Romanian ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Romanian ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
113 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2009 and produced in:
Romania ( Russia, Eastern Europe )

Directed By:
Corneliu Porumboiu

Written By:
Corneliu Porumboiu

Actors:
Dragos Bucur ..... Cristi
Vlad Ivanov ..... Anghelache
Irina Saulescu ..... Anca
Ion Stoica ..... Nelu
Marian Ghenea ..... Prosecutor
Cosmin Selesi ..... Costi
George Remes ..... Vali
Dan Cogalniceanu ..... Vic
Serban Georgevici ..... Politist
Costi Dita ..... Officer on Duty
Alexandru Sabadac ..... Alex
Anca Diaconu ..... Doina
Radu Costin ..... Victor
Viorel Nebunu ..... Alex's Father
Emanoela Tigla ..... Alex's Mother

Synopsis:

A cop finds himself growing uncomfortable with his latest assignment in this study in the nature of power and authority from Romanian director Corneliu Porumboiu. Cristi (Dragos Bucur) is a seasoned police detective who has just gotten married to Anca (Irina Saulescu) and wants to keep his superiors happy. Cristi's boss, Nelu (Ion Stoica), has ordered the detective to keep a close watch on Victor (Radu Costin), a teenager who is suspected of dealing drugs for a local cartel. Cristi has spent several weeks following Victor's actions and is certain that the kid smokes marijuana with his friends, but isn't any kind of drug pusher and should be left alone. Cristi is also aware that Romanian authorities are expected to relax their laws regarding drugs in the near future, making it all but pointless to possibly ruin Victor's life by bringing him in, but while Nelu understands Cristi's thinking, he's not so willing to let the youngster off so easily. Politist, Adj. (aka Police, Adjective) was an official selection at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.

True to its title, the new Romanian film "Police, Adjective" is a story of law enforcement with a special interest in grammar. Its climactic scene is not a chase or a shootout, but rather a tense, suspenseful session of dictionary reading. I'm not being in any way facetious. The movie's director, Corneliu Porumboiu, whose previous feature was "12:08 East of Bucharest," has a talent for infusing mundane, absurd moments with gravity and drama as well as humor. The dictionary in that scene is a versatile comic prop, and also an instrument of instruction and humiliation. It is introduced by an officious police captain (Vlad Ivanov, who played the predatory abortionist in Cristian Mungiu's "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days") who wants to teach his underling a lesson. To say exactly what is learned would not only spoil the ending - this is a cop movie, after all, with a bit of a twist in the tail - but would also blunt the bite of Mr. Porumboiu's mordant satire.

Cristi is a policeman who refuses to arrest a young man who offers hashish to two of his school mates. "Offering" is punished by the law. Cristi believes that the law will change, he does not want the life of a young man he considers irresponsible to be a burden on his conscience. For his superior the word conscience has a totally different meaning... A blackly humorous and intelligent satire of bureaucracy, Police, Adjective is the acclaimed new film from the director of the award-winning 12:08 East of Bucharest.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 17 February, 2011.

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