Dont Look Back: Dont expect too much from the end of the world [OmeU]
RO/ Luxemburg /F / Kroatien 2023, R: Radu Jude mit Ilinca Manolache, Nina Hoss, Ovidiu Pîr?an Dorina Lazar László Miske, Katia Pascariu, 164 min.; anschließendes Q+A
Komödie, Roadmovie, absurdes Drama, politisches Manifest: Der neue Film von Radu Jude sprengt alle Grenzen und ist ein großer Wurf über Arbeit, Ausbeutung und Tod. Angela, eine überarbeitete Produktionsassistentin, fährt durch Bukarest. Sie soll das Casting für ein Video zum Thema »Sicherheit am Arbeitsplatz« filmen, das ein multinationaler Konzern in Auftrag gegeben hat. Die Hauptrolle erhält Marian, ein halbseitig gelähmter Arbeiter. Als dieser vor der Kamera enthüllt, dass sein Arbeitsunfall auf die Nachlässigkeit des Unternehmens zurückzuführen war, kommt es zum Eklat und Marian wird gezwungen, seine Geschichte neu zu erfinden.
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Comedy, road movie, absurdist drama, political manifesto: Radu Jude's new film pushes all boundaries and is a big hit about work, exploitation and death.
Angela, an overworked production assistant, is travelling through Bucharest. She is supposed to film the casting for a video on the subject of "safety at work" commissioned by a multinational corporation. The lead role is given to Marian, a worker who is paralysed on one side. When he reveals to the camera that his accident at work was due to the company's negligence, a scandal ensues and Marian is forced to reinvent his story.
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Part One: We follow Angela, an overworked production assistant who must drive around the city of Bucharest in order to film the casting for a “safety at work” video commissioned by a multinational company, ostensibly to raise awareness among its own employees on the various dangers that lead to work related accidents. Soon she encounters Marian, a half paralysed worker, who gets the part.
Part Two: When Marian reveals on camera that his work related accident is due to the company’s negligence, his statement ignites a scandal, which forces him to re-invent his story to suit the company’s narrative.
True to form, Golden Bear winner Radu Jude, sets his absurdist comedic drama in two parts. In a dizzying landscape, cinema, capitalism and technology meet the political sociology of the post totalitarian digital world.
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