With the camera placement being as meticulous as the use of Handel on the soundtrack, this impeccably played saga deservedly earned Mungiu a share of the Best Director prize at Cannes.
Cristian Mungiu's masterful slow-burn drama poses a series of fascinating moral dilemmas.
Graduation is utterly compelling in spite of a seemingly downbeat story.
It’s a brilliantly done piece.
Graduation is undoubtedly a bit of a slow-burner but it grows in intensity and becomes completely absorbing as we discover a whole world of guilty secrets and hidden lives.
A father must initiate his daughter into a grownup world of defeat, shame, favours and back-scratching in Cristian Mungiu’s powerful portrait of toxic modern Romania.
The low-key subject matter and over-familiar surroundings soften its impact.
Superbly acted, and photographed and edited with forensic precision, this is Romanian cinema at its best.
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