directed by: Radu Jude, year: 2021
actors: Katia Pascariu

"Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn" is a bold Romanian social satire that follows a schoolteacher whose private sex video goes viral, launching a nationwide media firestorm and a culture-wide debate about morality, censorship, and responsibility. The film’s mosaic structure blends classroom scenes, documentary-style footage, and public outrage to expose how quickly rumor becomes judgment and how easily society polices desire. Jude’s provocative humor aims to unsettle, question, and entertain. Through sharp, witty dialogue and fearless pacing, the film questions who gets to decide what is acceptable and who pays the price for being different.

Post Communist Romania, Drama, Satire, Black Comedy, Social Commentary, Romania