The read
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
In 1981, chalk slogans written in uppercase letters started appearing in public spaces in the Romanian city of Botoşani. They demanded freedom, alluded to the democratic developments taking place in Romania’s socialist sister countries or simply called for improvements in the food supply. Mugur Călinescu was behind them, who was still at school at the time and whose case is documented in the files of the Romanian secret police. Theatre director Gianina Cărbunariu created a documentary play based on this material.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes83%
Metacritic80/100
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
27 audience votes
Key crew
- Radu JudeDirector
- Radu JudeScreenplay
- Gianina CărbunariuScreenplay
Cast
- Bogdan ZamfirSecuritate Officer
- Serban LazaroviciMugur Călinescu
- Ioana IacobThe Mother
- Șerban PavluThe Father
- Alexandru PotoceanCast
- Silvian VâlcuCast
- Doru CătănescuCast
- Constantin DogioiuCast
- Nicolae CeaușescuSelf (archive footage)