Sieranevada's reviews
Media reviews
Screen Daily
Those who aren?t put off by the extensive subtitling will find themselves swept away by this family reunion which offers not only a masterful portrait of the contemporary Romanian middle-class but also a whole set of smart, perceptive reflections on the relativity of truth, on the failings of memory, the interpretation of history, the significance of religion and much more.
The Telegraph
Puiu is too thoughtful a filmmaker to push for laughs by twisting anyone?s behaviour in parodically obvious ways ? it?s a comedy, in fact, containing barely one moment of comic exaggeration. As such, it earns respect and a cumulative awe in its intently amused vision of reality: it?s a commanding and intellectually gratifying piece of work
Indiewire
What to make of a film that?s about the sense of tedium and repetition that feels tedious and repetitious? Does one celebrate its languid use of time or chide its deadly slow pace?
The Guardian
The proceedings are claustrophobic, intense and alienated ? often brilliant, sometimes slightly redundant.
El Mundo
"A masterpiece. (...) As time goes by, Sieranevada unfold itself in thousands of films that life inside it."
El País
"I have read that this extraordinary movie marks one earlier and one later in the cinematographic language. I am convinced of that, it is imposible to do it worse."
ABC
"In order to find some flair in this common social portrait with airs of language people should be a really good person. Everything is a pure dressed up topic".
La Razón
"Monumental, extraordinary (...) 'Sieranevada' seems to be dense, and it is, because the looking that is behind knows how to transform the costumbrism in real time in an abstraction almost ghostly."
La Vanguardia
"It has it own style, stark (...) But this style made of long shots, without licenses, it removes itself in an excess of condescension."
The Hollywood Reporter
"It?s still a top-drawer film of the Romanian New Wave, familiar in the best ways while offering fascinating insights into human nature, identity and foibles".
Variety
"Dramatically speaking, 'Sieranevada' is actually a far more robust film than 'The Death of Mr. L?z?rescu' was (...) 'Sieranevada' gives audiences plenty to sink their teeth into over the hours and days to come."
Festival Internacional de Cine de Lanzarote