Romanian director Radu Jude won the Golden Bear at the 2021 Berlinale for “Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn”. The 71st Berlinale took place online between March 1st to 5th, reduced from its usual eleven days to just five.
“A vitriolic portrait of contemporary society, from the military to the religious, not forgetting the nouveau riche and other paragons of virtue” according to IndieWire.
“A comedy of despair, sexuality and the human condition” according to the director.
“A virulent charge against social hypocrisy,” comments the Huffington Post
“Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn” is about a high-school teacher in Bucharest, Emi, and a sex tape which goes wrong. The community is divided either for or against the young woman. Pushing further, the director plunges us into a true satire about the pandemic. His goal? To reveal the laughable and absurd nature of these problems when compared to the health crisis.
At the 2015 Berlinale Jude won the Silver Bear for “Aferim!”. Set in 19th century Europe, shot in black and white and conceived as a western, this historical drama is about the slavery and racism inflicted on Gypsies in Romania.
Romania won the Golden Bear in 2018 with “Touch Me Not” by Adina Pintilie.
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Sources: courrierdesbalkans.fr, indiewire.com, huffingtonpost.fr, slate.fr
