To say that Romanian cinema has not had a fair shake in the United States would be quite an understatement because the Eastern European country has a history of cinema dating back over one hundred years that was mostly undiscovered thanks to the cloud of Communism that shrouded the country until 1989. Chances are most Americans'--aside from film snobs, cinephiles and critics--first and only experience with Romanian cinema begins and ends with 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days , Cristian Mungiu's 2007 film which received critical acclaim in this country at the center of a wave of Romanian filmmakers having their films released here.
Now, Mungiu is back with Beyond the Hills , a drama based on a true story involving two young women who reunited at a remote Orthodox monastery in the...
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