Romania, 2012
Length / Everybody in Our Family: 107 mins
Special features: 76 mins
Sound: 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio /
2.0 Stereo LPCM (48khz/24-bit)
Colour
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Language: Romanian
Subtitles: English
Blu-Ray: BD50 / 1080 / 24fps
Region ABC (Region Free)
Blu-Ray RRP: £19.99
Release Date: 29 April 2019
Second Run BD021
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This celebrated feature by director Radu Jude (Aferim!, and the recent award-winning ‘I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians’), is a caustic and compelling black comedy of family strife.
Recently divorced Marius plans to take his young daughter away on a weekend holiday. When things do not go as planned, he strikes out at those around him, and what began as comic drama soon turns bitter as Marius' increasingly erratic behaviour and morbid self-pity send the film spinning headlong into much darker territory.
A key work of the Romanian New Wave, Jude's pressure-cooker drama is an unflinching, sometimes uncomfortable and often hilariously profane portrait of one man's disintegrating mental health as his life and relationships crumble about him.
This world-premiere, region-free Blu-ray edition includes a new filmed interview with director Radu Jude as well as two of his acclaimed short films: The Tube with a Hat (2006) and Alexandra (2007), plus a 16-page booklet featuring a new essay by journalist and critic Carmen Gray.
• Presented from a new High Definition transfer, approved by director Radu Jude.
• A new and exclusive filmed interview with Radu Jude.
• Two of Radu Jude's acclaimed short films:
- The Tube with a Hat (Lampa cu căciulă, 2006)
- Alexandra (2007)
• Trailer.
• 16-page booklet featuring a new essay on the film by critic and journalist Carmen Gray.
• New and improved English subtitle translation.
• World premiere release on Blu-ray.
• Region Free Blu-ray (A/B/C)
Șerban Pavlu - Marius
Sofi a Nicolaescu – Sofia
Mihaela Sîrbu - Otilia
Gabriel Spahiu - Aurel
Tamara Buciuceanu-Botez - Coca
Stela Popescu – Mother
Alexandru Arșinel - Father
Directed by Radu Jude
Screenplay – Radu Jude, Corina Sabău
Cinematographer - Andrei Butică
Editor - Cătălin Cristuțiu
Art direction - Elsje de Bruin, Augustina Stanciu
Sound - Dana Bunescu, Simone Galavazi, Stéphane Thiébaut
Costume design – Augustina Stanciu, Luiza Racovita
Producer – Ada Solomon
Christi Puiu's Stuff and Dough and
Radu Muntean's Tuesday, After Christmas
are also availble on Second Run
2012 Sarajevo Film Festival / Winner: Best Film
2012 CinEast Film Festival / Winner: Grand Prix
“Tense and unnerving to the point of near complete exhaustion, this chaotic, yet endearing comedy chamber piece makes for compulsive viewing… a car crash of social taboos and kitchen sink drama with an unrelenting energy and panache” Patrick Gamble, CineVue
“A masterwork of black comedy and suspense”
Indie Wire
“A violent, funny and disconcerting vision of a familial argument turned into actual slugfest”
Michał Oleszczyk, Chicago Sun-Times
"This bitterly ironic and intelligently choreographed drama; Marius’ erratic movements beautifully illustrate his state of confusion. He turns from victim to aggressor, and the scene of this sudden transition displays both raw energy and directorial mastery" Film Society of Lincoln Center
"Shot in real time and set mostly in one location, Radu Jude's third feature film is a dangerous, claustrophobic tale that sets the bar high for contemporary Romanian cinema"
AFI Fest
