The Death of Mr. Lazarescu Movie Review 2005

The title character (Fiscutenau) is a grubby 62-year-old widower living in a shabby apartment with a lot of cats. After suffering head and stomach pains all day, he finally calls for help. Medic Mioara (Gheorghiu) and the ambulance driver eventually arrive and the dying man is trundled from one over-crowded hospital to another to be seen by one over-worked and/or indifferent doctor after another. He gets sicker and weaker until someone finally pays attention. This all takes a very, very long time and the message seems to be don't get seriously sick in Bucharest. Inspired by an actual 1997 incident; Romanian with subtitles.

Distribution

Tartan Video, 8322 Beverly Blvd., Ste. 300, Los Angeles, CA 90048, Phone: (323)655-9300, Fax: (323)655-9301, Email: info@tartanvideo.com, URL: http://www.tartanvideousa.com

Available on DVD
Running time 154 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Aging, Hospitals, USSR

Screenplay

Cristi Puiu, Razvan Radulescu

Cast

Luminata Gheorghiu, Ion Fiscuteanu, Gabriel Spahieu, Doru Ana, Dana Dogaru, Florin Zamfirescu

Cinematography

Oleg Mutu

Director

Cristi Puiu

Music

Andreea Paduraru

Other

Cristian Tamovetchi, Constantin Fleancu, Dana Bunescu, Christina Barbu, Christina Barbu

Producer

Alexandru Munteanu, Mandragora Production