Police, Adjective
2009 · Movie · 110 min · ★ 6.5 · 80% critics
An undercover police officer trails a teenager suspected of selling marijuana in a Romanian city, but the routine case becomes weighed down by doubt, procedure, and conscience. The film follows the slow pressure of surveillance and bureaucracy as a simple assignment turns into a moral test.
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Details
- Original title
- Polițist, adjectiv
- Years
- 2009
- Release date
- 2010-01-14
- Language
- RO
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Critic score
- 80/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 (62 votes)
About
You may like this if you appreciate quiet, realistic moral dramas like The Treasure; Not for you if you need fast pacing, big plot turns, or conventional police action.
Pros: realistic moral tension; patient atmosphere; thoughtful dialogue | Cons: very slow pace; minimal action; divisive viewing experience
Themes
- romanian new wave
Awards & recognition
- International Submission to the Academy Awards · 2010 · nominated
Cast & crew
Dragoș Bucur
as Cristi
Vlad Ivanov
as Anghelache
- IS
Ion Stoica
as Nelu
Irina Săulescu
as Anca
- CT
Cerasela Trandafir
as Gina
Marian Ghenea
as Prosecutor
Cosmin Seleși
as Costi
Șerban Georgevici
as Sică
- GR
George Remes
as Vali
- AD
Adina Dulcu
as Dana
Directed by Corneliu Porumboiu