21 Rubies (2023)
a diagnosis
6 May 2024
Warning: Spoilers
A film about Romanian realities in angle of discover by a director who is Romanian Greek Orthodox priest. A film about corruption in politics and Church, about status of colony of Romania for E. U. and Unied States, about a brave prosecutor with perspectives to become, not exactly for her merits, General Prosecutor.

Anthony Delon and Mikey Rourke are the most familiar names for cinephiles.

Two stories - the one of prosecutor brother, the second the fight against corruption of prosecutor and her dramatic fall and the feeling, against acting and noble intentions of director, to be a sketch only.

Sure, in essence a diagnosis and the words of ex maire, fair interpreted by Dorel Visal - Romania s-a dus dracu - are a good pledge in this sense but , after few hours after you see it, the enthusiasm, the tension, the emotion are lost about this film.

His succes is consequence of his obvious truth , exposed almost in exhibitionist manner.

But, is it enough ? Is it real different by cinema of miserabilism born after 1989 in Romanian cinematography ?

I do not know.

21 Rubies is a film to see for have your personal opinion about it.
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