Fresh
The final shot, with windshield wipers struggling to clean away a torrent of muddy water, suggests that no human agency is great enough to handle this world's misery.
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Beyond the Hills
2012 · 2h 30m · Not Rated
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Cristian Mungiu
Overview
Alina returns to Romania from Germany, hoping to bring Voichita—the only person in the world she loves and was loved by—back with her. But Voichita has found God, and God is the hardest lover of all to best.
Director and cast
- Cristian Mungiu Director
- Cosmina Stratan as Voichita
- Cristina Flutur as Alina
- Valeriu Andriuță as Priest
- Dana Tapalagă as Mother superior
- Cătălina Harabagiu as Antonia
- Gina Tandura as nun Iustina
- Vica Agache as nun Elisabeta
- Nora Covali Cast
- Luminița Gheorghiu as Schoolteacher
- Dionisie Vitcu as Mr. Valerica
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
91%
Tomatometer
Fresh
"Beyond the Hills" seethes with astonishment and rage at a broken society marooned between the 21st century and the 16th.
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
Fresh
It is a haunting movie, dealing with superstitions, possession, even exorcism, one in which Mungiu poses no easy answers, because there are none to be found.
Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic
Fresh
It's an enigmatic and austere film from a region where political, sexual and religious repression are as stifling as the sooty air.
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Fresh
If you long for the bleak intelligence of an Ingmar Bergman film, where humankind is deeply flawed and God is indifferently silent and the landscape is cloaked in perpetual winter, then Beyond the Hills promises to be your cup of despair.
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
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