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Official Selection - Out of Competition · 46th Edition

Kontinental '25

KONTINENTAL '25

Director

Radu Jude

Country

Romania

Runtime

1 h 49 min

Language

Romanian, Hungarian, German

Premiere

MENA premiere (Middle East and North Africa)

Synopsis

 Orsolya is a bailiff in Cluj, the main city of Transylvania. One day, she must evict a homeless man living in the basement of a building. An unexpected event triggers a moral crisis that she tries to resolve as best she can. 

Cast

Gabriel Spahiu, Adonis Tanța, Eszter Tompa 

Screenplay

Radu Jude

Producers

 Alexandru Teodorescu, Rodrigo Teixeira 

About the Director

 Radu Jude was born in 1977 in Romania and is a director and screenwriter whose films have won multiple awards worldwide. In 2021, Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn received the top prize at the Berlinale. His feature Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World (2023) won the Special Jury Prize at the Locarno Film Festival and was Romania’s submission for the Oscars. 

Screenings

Tue 18 Nov · 12:00 – 13:49 Opera House - Grand Hall
Wed 19 Nov · 18:00 – 19:49 Zamalek Cinema 2