Graduation

A drama about compromise, personal morality and the nature of parenthood. Cristian Mungiu's next film after 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days that received an award in the main competition at Cannes.

Bacalaureat
Romania 2016
  • Czech
128 min.
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  • This film is available until 28. 5. 2025 in these territories: Czechia, Slovakia.
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Romeo Aldea, a physician living in a small mountain town in Transylvania, has raised his daughter Eliza with the idea that once she turns 18, she will leave to study and live abroad. His plan is close to succeeding. Eliza has won a scholarship to study psychology in the UK. She just has to pass her final exams – a formality for such a good student. On the day before her first written exam, Eliza is assaulted in an attack that could jeopardize her entire future. Now Romeo has to make a decision. There are ways of solving the situation, but none of them using the principles he, as a father, has taught his daughter.

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Credits
Director: Cristian Mungiu
Screenplay: Cristian Mungiu
Cinematography: Tudor Vladimir Panduru
Editing: Mircea Olteanu
Production Design: Simona Paduretu
Producer: Cristian Mungiu
Cast: Adrian Titieni, Maria Dragus, Lia Bugnar, Malina Manovici, Rares Andrici, Vlad Ivanov, Valeriu Andriuta, Ioachim Ciobanu
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  • This film is available until 28. 5. 2025 in these territories: Czechia, Slovakia.