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Beyond the Hills

It's easy to forget that this story is set in the 21st Century

Roger Ebert
  • Archive - Festival 32
  • Director: Cristian Mungiu
  • Romania, France, Belgium 2012
  • 152 minutes
  • Romanian
  • Subtitles in Hebrew, English

Alina is determined to rescue her childhood friend Voichita from the monastery she was sent to after both girls were ejected from an orphanage at the age of eighteen. Alina's single-minded resolve excludes any consideration that the docile Voichita might have actually found fulfillment in this austere retreat - and a means of forgetting the forbidden love she and Alina once shared.
Cristian Mungiu’s insightful study of women on the verge of a nervous breakdown, with its formal control and somber realism, won the Best Screenplay and Best Actress Awards at the 2012 Cannes Festival.


  • Director Cristian Mungiu
  • Production Cristian Mungiu
  • Script Cristian Mungiu, inspired by the non-fiction novels of Tatiana Niculescu Bran
  • Cinematography Oleg Mutu
  • Editing Mircea Olteanu
  • Festivals Cannes
  • Actors Cosmina Stratan, Cristina Flutur, Valeriu Andriuta, Dana Tapalaga
  • Source Lev Films & Theatres

Beyond the Hills