This film was advertised as a black comedy. But it is much 'blacker than a black comedy'. The most funny part is probably at the beginning with Mr. Lazarescu's neighbours around.
The pace of the film is quite slow. The content is very narrative and down to earth. It's the outstanding performance from the protagonists that bolsters up the whole film.
Apart from the good acting, the director also delivers a realistic view on the relationship between doctors and nurses, and between doctors and patients in a medical system. This is very different from the mainstream TV series e.g. ER, House or Hollywood films that usually treat doctors like god or hero. It mirrors a growing problems in a health care system across the world. But interestingly this rather universal phenomenon on the hierarchy in a health system is documented so well by Romanian.
The pace of the film is quite slow. The content is very narrative and down to earth. It's the outstanding performance from the protagonists that bolsters up the whole film.
Apart from the good acting, the director also delivers a realistic view on the relationship between doctors and nurses, and between doctors and patients in a medical system. This is very different from the mainstream TV series e.g. ER, House or Hollywood films that usually treat doctors like god or hero. It mirrors a growing problems in a health care system across the world. But interestingly this rather universal phenomenon on the hierarchy in a health system is documented so well by Romanian.