California Dreamin'
Synopsis
Nesfarsit meaning 'unfinished', the tragedy of this film is the death in a Bucharest road accident in August 2006 of the director and his sound editor. Nemescu would probably have trimmed his Kusturica-like feature debut, but it is left in all its glorious original state. We are in rural Romania during the Nato bombing of Yugoslavia, when Americans on a military train find themselves unceremoniously shunted on to the sidings because they lack customs documents. A black Balkan farce ensues as soldiers and townspeople try to fraternise, and the grasping stationmaster spots an opportunity...
Winner, Un Certain Regard, Cannes 2007
Winner, Un Certain Regard, Cannes 2007
Critics
“Spins a complex dark comedy of near-Shakespearean proportions.”