Beyond The Hills

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Dievas tau nepriklauso

Alina returns to Romania from Germany, hoping to bring Voichita – the only person in the world she loves and was loved by – back to her. But Voichita has found God – and God is the hardest lover of all to be jealous of.

Festivals:

Cannes Film Festival – Best Actress, Best Screenplay, nominated for Palme d‘Or; Karlovy Vary International Film Festival – selected for Horizons programme.

Cristian Mungiu

Cristian Mungiu was born in 1968 in Romania. He studied English literature and film directing and worked as a teacher and journalist up to 1994. In 2002, his first feature Occident was awarded at Cannes, where it was screened as part of the Directors’ Fortnight. His film 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days was awarded Palme d‘Or in 2007. He returned to the topic of his youth spent under totalitarian rule in Tales from the Golden Age.

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