Rent The Happiest Girl in the World (2009)
3.4 of 5 from 77 ratings
1h 40min
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- Synopsis:
Delia Fratila is a normal eighteen-year-old from a poor family living in a small Romanian town. Her fortunes appear to change when she becomes the lucky winner of a luxury car through sending off bottle labels in an advertising competition. Delia and her parents set off to the capital to shoot a nationwide advertising campaign, as a part of the prize-win. Throughout the day, Delia clashes with her parents over what they plan to do with the car; she wants to keep it for herself, while her parents wish to sell it, seeing it as their chance to escape poverty. As the arguments intensify, the shoot becomes more and more absurd, and what initially seemed to be a change in Delia's fortunes turns into a stand off that leaves her questioning her relationship with her family. Set in Bucharest, it is the latest in the new wave cinema emerging from Romania and magnifies the social tensions of a country embracing capitalism and all its shiny promises. - Actors:
- Andreea Bosneag, Doru Catanescu, Alexandru Georgescu, Diana Gheorghian, Violeta Haret-Popa, Bogdan Marhodin, Vasile Muraru, Serban Pavlu, Luminita Stoianovici, Andi Vasluianu
- Directors:
- Radu Jude
- Producers:
- Ada Solomon
- Writers:
- Radu Jude, Augustina Stanciu
- Aka:
- Cea mai fericita fata din lume
- Studio:
- Soda Pictures
- Genres:
- Drama, Romance
- Countries:
- Romania
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Reviews (1) of The Happiest Girl in the World
Another brilliant, low key and offbeat film from Romania - The Happiest Girl in the World review by CP Customer
The Romanian new wave - If wave it is - has produced some of the last few decades’ most interesting films. While this does not rank up there with Aferim! Sieranevada or 12:08 East of Bucharest it is another remarkably well told, brilliantly performed, insightful and often hilarious film. The set up is so scaled back, that it’s amazing Jude was able to build 100 minute story out of it, one which never flags, not for a second. So many films scream from rooftops, whereas here everything is gently done, through repetition and subtle touches, achieving with whispers what larger films attempt with shrieks.
Long live with the Romanian New Wave - and the European funding they desperately need to keep going.
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