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Three days after the terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo’s newsroom and 40 days after the death of his father, Lary, a fortysomething doctor, is preparing to spend the Sabbath with his family in honor of the deceased. The occasion, however, does not go according to his expectations. Forced to confront his fears and his past, he will have to rethink his place within the family as he finds little room to tell his version of the truth. By Romanian director Cristi Puiu, the same from The Death of Mr. Lazarescu. Cannes 2016.
Cristi Puiu
1967, Bucharest, Romania. He studied film at the École Supérieure d’Arts Visuels in Geneva, Switzerland. Selected filmography: Stuff and Dough (Abasto Award at BAFICI, 2001), Cigarettes and Coffe (Golden Bear for best short film at the Berlin Film Festival 2004), The Death of Mister Lazarescu (Priz Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival 2005), and Aurora (Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival 2010).
