Rent The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2005)
3.4 of 5 from 182 ratings
2h 34min
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- Synopsis:
Mr. Lazarescu (Ion Fiscuteanu) is a 63 year old man who shares his apartment with his three cats. Suffering from pains in his head and stomach he calls an ambulance and whilst he waits, asks his neighbours for some pills. Though they disapprove of his heavy drinking and the state of his home, they try their best to help. Hindered by a major bus accident the medics eventually arrive and so begins a long and increasingly frustrating night. Shuffled from pillar to post he becomes wearier and weaker in the face of the medical professions bureaucracy and casual inefficiency. A succession of colourful characters permeates the film and the combination of dry humour and 'scalpel sharp' satire make this one of the year's most deeply affecting films. - Actors:
- Ion Fiscuteanu, Luminita Gheorghiu, Doru Ana, Dorian Boguta, Dana Dogaru, Robert Bumbes, Bogdan Dumitrache, Dragos Bucur, Dan Chiriac, Laura Cret, Mihai Bratila, Monica Barladeanu, Alexandru Fifea, Mimi Branescu, Rodica Lazar, Alina Berzunteanu, Florina Alina Gleznea, Tudor Hristescu, Simona Popescu, Mirela Cioaba
- Directors:
- Cristi Puiu
- Producers:
- Bobby Paunescu, Anca Puiu
- Writers:
- Cristi Puiu, Razvan Radulescu
- Aka:
- Moartea Domnului Lazarescu
- Studio:
- Tartan
- Genres:
- Comedy, Drama
- Collections:
- Cinema Paradiso's Euro 24 Film Festival, Films & TV by topic
- Countries:
- Romania
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Reviews (1) of The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
The Longest Night of Someone’s Life - The Death of Mr. Lazarescu review by griggs
This one really got under my skin. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu isn’t short on black comedy, but the humanity keeps barging in and stealing the scene. By the end, it felt less like I’d watched a film and more like I’d been stuck in the corridor with everyone else, waiting for someone to care properly.
The laughs are there, but they’re the sort you feel slightly bad about. Nobody comes off as a cartoon villain. It’s a bunch of tired, flawed people doing a brutal job inside a brutal system, and one man slowly slipping from “patient” into “problem”. The small stuff wrecked me: the realisation he won’t go back to his flat, his worry about the cats, and that horrible “he’s probably just drunk” shrug that keeps getting in the way of seeing what’s actually happening.
And then the night turns into a pressure cooker. A road accident clogs the place up, egos collide, people start snapping, and you can feel attention drifting from him to careers, pride, and sheer survival. It’s bleak, but not cynical — more like a hard stare at how dignity can get lost in the paperwork.
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