Saturday, September 22, 2012

Toata lumea din familia noastra (Everybody in the Family)

The description for this film said that I shouldn't know anything about it going in, and that I should stop reading right away.  My mistake was following their guidance.  Right off the bat they tell us that it was a all a trick; this isn't a genre film at all, but instead a family drama.

Marius, the father, wants to pick up his daughter for his brief custody week.  Only his ex-wife, Otilla, is a conniving schemer who wants to keep him away from his daughter.  Oh, Marius is also incredibly stupid when put into bad situations.  The only saving grace is their daughter, Sofia, who (played by five-year-old Sofia Nicolaescu) is put in the middle as her parents, her grandma, and her mother's boyfriend ratchet up the insane.  None of them should be allowed near children.

Toata lumea din familia noastra (Everybody in the Family)
2012, 107 minutes, directed by Radu Jude

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