Pray the Lord My Soul To Take: Sandulescu’s Poignant and Witty Meditation on Mortality
Liviu Săndulescu’s Carturan is a tale about bribery, the uncaring bureaucratic system, blasphemy and unavoidable death – at least on the surface. At the same time, it’s also a tender, surprisingly funny film, devoid of unnecessary melodramatics or fatalism. Carturan’s (Teodor Corban) calm life in sunny rural Romania is upended by sudden and horrifying news – the quiet old man has terminal stomach cancer. This means that he needs to sort his affairs as soon as possible – and that includes finding a new home for Cristi (Vlad Popescu), his 13-year-old grandson.…...
Liviu Săndulescu’s Carturan is a tale about bribery, the uncaring bureaucratic system, blasphemy and unavoidable death – at least on the surface. At the same time, it’s also a tender, surprisingly funny film, devoid of unnecessary melodramatics or fatalism. Carturan’s (Teodor Corban) calm life in sunny rural Romania is upended by sudden and horrifying news – the quiet old man has terminal stomach cancer. This means that he needs to sort his affairs as soon as possible – and that includes finding a new home for Cristi (Vlad Popescu), his 13-year-old grandson.…...
- 10/17/2019
- by Oleksandra Povoroznyk
- IONCINEMA.com
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