Arrest / Arest (2019, 126 min.)
Director: Andrei Cohn
Cast: Alexandru Papadopol, Iulian Postelnicu
August 1983, somewhere in Romania. The bright summer’s day that Dinu is spending with his family on the beach is darkened by the arrival of the police and his unexplained arrest. He finds himself sharing a cell with small-time crook Vali, who soon proves to be quite a sinister fellow inmate. A formally inventive drama about the chilling absurdity of totalitarian regimes.
Festivals: East of the West Competition – Karlovy Vary; Best Romanian Film – Transilvania International Film Festival