Aferim!


Aferim! is a 2015 Romanian drama film directed by Radu Jude and produced by Ada Solomon. It was screened in the main competition section of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival where Radu Jude won the Silver Bear for Best Director. It was selected as the Romanian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards reaching the short list but in the end not scoring the nomination.

Plot

The film is set in Wallachia in the early 19th century, when a local policeman, Costandin played by Teodor Corban, is hired by Iordache, a boyar, to find Carfin played by Toma Cuzin, a Roma slave who had run away from the boyar's estate after having an affair with his wife, Sultana.

Cast

Publication The Hollywood Reporter describes Radu Jude's film as "a harsh lesson of history, relieved by overlooked humor and classic Western elements". Variety magazine writes that Aferim! is "an exceptional and extremely intelligent insight into a crucial period of history, a film equally inspired and furious".