THE DEATH OF MR LAZARESCU
by Cristi Puiu
synopsis
Mr. Lazarescu, a lonely 63 year-old man feels sick and calls the ambulance. When it arrives the doctor decides he should take him to the hospital but once there they decide to send him to another hospital and then yet another... As the night unfolds and they can't find a hospital for Mr. Lazarescu, his health starts to deteriorate fast.
international title: | The Death of Mr Lazarescu |
original title: | Moartea Domnului Lazarescu |
country: | Romania |
sales agent: | Coproduction Office |
year: | 2005 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Cristi Puiu |
film run: | 148' |
release date: | RO 22/11/2005, AT 09/12/2005, NO 26/12/2005, FR 11/01/2006, HU 13/04/2006, UK 14/07/2006, NL 15/02/2007, SE 23/03/2007, PT 08/11/2007 |
screenplay: | Cristi Puiu, Razvan Radulescu |
cast: | Luminita Gheorghiu, Ion Fiscuteanu, Monica Barladeanu |
producer: | Anca Puiu |
production: | Mandragora |
distributor: | Mandragora (RO), Tour de Force (NO), Bac Films (FR), Tartan Films (UK), Stadtkino Verleih (AT), Atalanta (PT) |