Plot
In grim, dull Vaslui, Cristi is a young police officer, conscientious, laconic, recently married to Anca, a teacher. He's tailing a kid who smokes pot and may be supplying his friends. Cristi dislikes the assignment: the kid's clearly not a dealer, an arrest would ruin his life, and, Cristi assumes that Romania will soon tolerate marijuana. His superior tells him flatly that the law is the law and to finish the case with a quick arrest. Cristi wants to follow the informant, a youth whose father is a builder. Cristi watches, he smokes, he writes reports, he wants to meet with the prosecutor. Can a cop have a conscience? Is the noun being modified "procedural" or "state"?
Written by
Corneliu Porumboiu
Directed by
Corneliu Porumboiu
Crew
Production Countries
Romania
Production Companies
HBO, Raza Studio, Racova, Periscop Film, 42 Km Film
Languages
Româna
Awards
15 wins & 15 nominations