directed by: Cristi Puiu, year: 2005
actors: Victor Rebengiuc

An intimate procedural drama that follows an elderly man, Mr. Lazarescu, as he wanders through a nightmarish sequence of hospital visits in Bucharest. The film unfolds in real time with long takes and minimal dialogue, focusing on mounting distress, bureaucratic indifference, and the fragility of life. Cristi Puiu's observational realism blends somber tragedy with deadpan humor to expose flaws in a troubled healthcare system and the loneliness of aging.

Romanian Society, Drama, Black Comedy, Slow Cinema, Romanian New Wave, Hospital Bureaucracy