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  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • Big World Pictures
  • 1 h 48 m
  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • Big World Pictures
  • 1 h 48 m

Summary Eastern Europe, 1835. Two riders cross a barren landscape in the middle of Wallachia. They are the gendarme Costandin and his son. Together they are searching for a gypsy slave who has run away from his nobleman master and is suspected of having an affair with the noble's wife. While the unflappable Costandin comments on every situation ...

Directed By: Radu Jude

Written By: Florin Lazarescu, Radu Jude

  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • Big World Pictures
  • 1 h 48 m
  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • Big World Pictures
  • 1 h 48 m

Aferim!

Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 17 Critic Reviews
must-see
84
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 44 User Ratings
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Summary Eastern Europe, 1835. Two riders cross a barren landscape in the middle of Wallachia. They are the gendarme Costandin and his son. Together they are searching for a gypsy slave who has run away from his nobleman master and is suspected of having an affair with the noble's wife. While the unflappable Costandin comments on every situation ...

Directed By: Radu Jude

Written By: Florin Lazarescu, Radu Jude

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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 17 Critic Reviews
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Universal Acclaim Based on 17 Critic Reviews
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100
Jan 21, 2016
It’s worth mentioning again that, somehow, this movie, with all its full-frontal historical horror, is still loaded with laughs.
By Jordan Hoffman FULL REVIEW
91
Feb 19, 2015
Aferim! amounts to a serious endeavor designed to explore many facets of its era through the lens of people trapped in it. Their crude dialogue, real as it may be, hints at comedic possibilities while offering a shrewd look at people defined by their circumstances.
By Eric Kohn FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 44 User Ratings
7.7
80% Positive
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7% Mixed
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14% Negative
6 Ratings

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90
Jan 19, 2016
Quite possibly the only film ever made focused on the centuries-long enslavement of the Romani in Eastern Europe, Aferim! plays like a sleight of hand, amusing us at a distance with vulgarisms and entrancing us with countryside while the bloody work of civilization grinds on out of the corner of our eye.
By Michael Atkinson FULL REVIEW
80
Feb 25, 2016
Jude refuses to force a happy ending upon the audience. Things happen as they happen, and if one scene is especially hard to stomach, it leads to a kind of grim resolve to just keep forging ahead as best you can.
By Bill Goodykoontz FULL REVIEW
75
Feb 11, 2016
Much of the humor derives from how despicable these characters can be, and Jude doesn’t so much push the envelope as turn it into a paper airplane and let it fly.
By Stephanie Merry FULL REVIEW
75
Jan 21, 2016
The movie establishes a quality of history by filming in black and white and shooting from a distance, so as to emphasize the broad picture.
By Mick LaSalle FULL REVIEW
67
Jan 21, 2016
To the extent that the film has an emotional journey, it’s the story of this man’s very, very slight moral awakening, which achieves nothing whatsoever and doesn’t necessarily look as if it’s going to stick.
By Mike D'Angelo FULL REVIEW
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Production Company HI Film Productions, Klas Film, Endorfilm, EZ Films, Abis Studio, Bulgarian National Film Center, Cinema City, Division Camera, Mulberry Development, Nu Boyana Film Studios, Production XMG Media, Romanian Film Board (C.N.C.), The Czech Republic State Fund for Support and Development of Cinematography, Ufilms
Release Date Jan 22, 2016
Duration 1 h 48 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website https://www.facebook.com/aferimfilm
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Awards

Gopo Awards, Romania
• 12 Wins & 12 Nominations
IndieLisboa International Independent Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Berlin International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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