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Moartea domnului Lazarescu (2005)
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22 September 2005 (Romania)
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Mr. Lazarescu, a 63 year old lonely man feels sick and calls the ambulance. When it arrives the doctor...
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23 wins
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6 nominations
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(2 articles)
LA Critics Pick 'Letter from Iwo Jima'; New York Favors 'United 93'
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Slow paced, but ultimately good movie.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Doru Ana | ... | Sandu Sterian | |
| Monica Barladeanu | ... | Mariana | |
| Alina Berzunteanu | ... | Dr. Zamfir | |
| Doru Boguta | ... | Ambulantier | |
| Mimi Branescu | ... | Dr. Mirica | |
| Mihai Bratila | ... | Dr. Breslasu | |
| Dragos Bucur | ... | Misu | |
| Robert Bumbes | ... | Robert | |
| Dan Chiriac | ... | Medic triaj Spitalui Universitar | |
| Mirela Cioaba | ... | Marioara | |
| Laura Cret | ... | Medic ecograf, Spitalui Sf. Spiridon | |
| Dana Dogaru | ... | Mihaela Sterian | |
| Bogdan Dumitrache | ... | Medic, Spitalui Sf. Spiridon | |
| Alexandru Fifea | ... | Brancardier, Spitalui Sf. Spiridon | |
| Ion Fiscuteanu | ... | Mr. Domnul Lazarescu (as Iaon Fiscuteanu) |
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The Death of Mister Lazarescu (Canada: English title) (festival title) (International: English title)
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (USA)
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The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (USA)
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Rated R for language and brief nudity.
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150 min | Romania:153 min (original version) | Hong Kong:153 min
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The movie is the first in a series of 6 feature-length films that Cristi Puiu will direct, entitled "Stories From the Suburbs of Bucharest".
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Featured in 2006 Independent Spirit Awards (2006) (TV)
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In Apa Marii
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This is one of those movies that you remember because it was different from any other. Well, the Anglo-Saxon viewers will probably remember Bringing Out the Dead with Nicholas Cage and find similarities. But this is not a film that focuses on the characters, but on the system, the people are ordinary people with ordinary needs and flaws, working inside a system that itself is not perfect.
Don't get me wrong, this is not a movie that wants to shock by presenting horrible flaws in a medical system we all need to trust, it is a film that presents the system close to reality, maybe even in a better light than most of us Romanians see it, and still flawed.
The story itself is based on a true event and the end is completely non judgemental. You get to see it and think about it, that is it. The true beauty of the film is the normality of every situation, the calm or unrest of people that is completely ordinary and the way it drags the subject of the movie (Lazarescu himself) from a sickly lonely old man, but otherwise a normal human being, to the end.
I think it is a good film overall, a great film as Romanian films are concerned, and also a good watch for non Romanians as well.