directed by: Radu Jude, year: 2015
actors: Teodor Corban, Mihai Comănescu, Alexandru Dabija, Toma Cuzin

Aferim! is a Romanian historical drama Western that follows Costandin, a stern local constable, and his son Ionita as they ride across 1830s Wallachia in search of a Gypsy horse thief. The film blends road-movie humor with sharp social critique, exposing prejudice, bureaucracy and violence under the guise of a frontier adventure. With stark landscapes, dry humor and moral ambiguity, it transforms a routine chase into a provocative meditation on power and otherness.

Romanian Society, Historical Drama, Western, Satire, Romanian Cinema, Ethnic Prejudice