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Wikipedia article




'Aferim!' (') is a 2015 Romanian drama film directed by Radu Jude and produced by Ada Solomon. It was screened in the main competition section of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival where Radu Jude won the Silver Bear for Best Director. It was selected as the Romanian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards.

Plot



The film is set in Wallachia in the early 19th century, when a local policeman, Costandin played by Teodor Corban, is hired by Iordache, a boyar, to find Carfin played by Toma Cuzin, a Gypsy slave who had run away from the boyar's estate after having an affair with his wife, Sultana.

Cast



*Victor Rebengiuc as Stan

*Luminia Gheorghiu as Smaranda Cndescu

*erban Pavlu as Traveler

*Toma Cuzin as Carfin Pandolean

*Gabriel Spahiu as Vasile

*Mihaela Srbu as Sultana

*Alexandru Bindea as Priest on the road

*Teodor Corban as Costandin

Reception



On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 98% based on 76 critics, with an average rating of 7.9/10. The site's critics consensus reads: "Smart, visually arresting, and scathingly funny, Aferim! depicts a world that many American filmgoers have never seen -- but will still, in many respects, find utterly familiar". On Metacritic, the film have an above average score of 84 out of 100 based on 17 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".

Publication 'The Hollywood Reporter' describes Radu Jude's film as "a harsh lesson of history, relieved by overlooked humor and classic Western elements". 'Variety' magazine writes that 'Aferim!' is "an exceptional and extremely intelligent insight into a crucial period of history, a film equally inspired and furious".

According to Jordan Hoffman of 'The Guardian', "this [film] with all its full-frontal historical horror, is still loaded with laughs".

A.O. Scott of 'The New York Times' called 'Aferim!' "brilliant" and "sublime", while Kit Gillet of the same periodical went as far as calling it "an Oscar contender".

See also



*List of submissions to the 88th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

*List of Romanian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

*List of films featuring slavery

References




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