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- AmaFilms
- 1 h 33 m
- AmaFilms
- 1 h 33 m
Summary After being the sole unfortunate witness of a domestic quarrel that ends up in a murder, Patrascu finds himself at odds with two very close neighbors: one is the bizarre murderer, the other one his very own conscience.
Directed By: Radu Muntean
Written By: Alexandru Baciu, Razvan Radulescu, Radu Muntean
- AmaFilms
- 1 h 33 m
- AmaFilms
- 1 h 33 m
One Floor Below
66
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Summary After being the sole unfortunate witness of a domestic quarrel that ends up in a murder, Patrascu finds himself at odds with two very close neighbors: one is the bizarre murderer, the other one his very own conscience.
Directed By: Radu Muntean
Written By: Alexandru Baciu, Razvan Radulescu, Radu Muntean
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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50% Mixed
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
66
50% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
50% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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Like a pot set to bubble only every few seconds, the drama is tightly measured to ensure a controlled level of tension that remains discreetly constant, nicely melding with Muntean’s skilled construction of three-dimensional bourgeois life.
For those prepared to invest the time, One Floor Below quietly builds into a devastating portrait of a weak man and the weak society he represents, both of which have lost their moral compasses.
A very fine if not exactly groundbreaking film about, as the title hints, perspective and distance.
To suggest that One Floor Below operates at a simmer would be to exaggerate the level of heat being applied to the pot. This is one that Muntean is happy to let bubble intermittently, cranking the tension around on a scarcely-moving winch.
This is detached, flat film-making at its most bare. You figure out which lines of dialogue deserve to be underlined.
Muntean is so careful to avoid any whisper of contrivance or manipulation that he doesn't even land on any particular conclusion or moral.
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Production Company
BLECK FILM & TV AB,
Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC),
Chimney,
Cine Plus Filmproduktion,
Cofinova 11,
Film i Väst,
HBO Romania,
Institut Français,
Les Films de l'Après-Midi,
Multimedia Est,
Neue Mediopolis Filmproduktion
Duration 1 h 33 m
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Awards
Gopo Awards, Romania
• 7 Nominations
RiverRun International Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
Seville European Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
