At once a microcosmic expression of frustration and another of auto-critique, When Evening Falls devilishly recalls and riffs on seemingly shapeless conversations between its very small ensemble of characters without succumbing to soporific navel-gazing.
When Evening Falls on Bucharest or Metabolism(Când se lasa seara peste Bucuresti sau metabolism)
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Romania, France · 2013
1h 29m
Director Corneliu Porumboiu
Starring Diana Avramut, Bogdan Dumitrache, Mihaela Sirbu, Alexandru Papadopol
Genre Drama
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A director with two weeks left on his latest production fakes an ulcer to pursue a romance with his lead actress.
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What are critics saying?
The New York Times by Ben Kenigsberg
[A] dryly funny, enigmatic new work.
The Hollywood Reporter by Boyd van Hoeij
The third feature of Romanian auteur Corneliu Porumboiu that again takes a clichéd-seeming premise and carefully proceeds to turn it on its head through logic, absurd humor and the consumption of vast quantities of cigarettes.
Metabolism contains enough moments that reward patience to balance off the eventual teetering off of its strengths.
Porumboiu so carefully intellectualizes every outwardly inconsequential exchange that the picture has no room to breathe, forcing audiences to work hard to catch the sly playfulness and cunning within.
The A.V. Club by Mike D'Angelo
At times, Porumboiu’s mix of repetition and resignation recalls Samuel Beckett, and if the overall result is more of a clever exercise than a proper movie, it’ll still have some dryly amusing appeal for those who appreciate intellectual absurdism.
For all the formidable intellect that went into its conceit, When Evening Falls On Bucharest has a slightness that isn’t helped much by the weight of the discussion, which occasionally presses it into a flat soufflé. But Porumboiu’s insight into the filmmaking process itself is often fascinating.
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