The New Year That Never Came

Local title
Uus aasta, mis ei tulnudki
Original title
Anul Nou care n-a fost
Director
Bogdan Muresanu
Country
Romania
Year
2024
Festival
28th Black Nights Film Festival
Programme
Screen International Critics' Choice
Genre
dramedy
Subject
society, history, satire

The fall of Romanian leader Nicolae Ceausescu is explored in this 1989-set debut.

Romania, a few days before Christmas in 1989, and the Nicolae Ceausescu regime is in its death throes. Not that the ordinary people of Bucharest know it – the news of an uprising in the city of Timisoara and the subsequent massacre of protestors by government forces is suppressed and sanitised, and a paralysing fear of the dictatorship still prevents many from speaking out against it.

With his accomplished feature debut, Bogdan Mureşanu views a pivotal moment in Romanian history – the fall of the Ceausescu regime – through the eyes and the interconnected stories of six ordinary people. It’s a confident and, at times, savagely funny work which builds to a blisteringly powerful conclusion.

Wendy Ide, Screen International

Director
Bogdan Muresanu
Screenwriter
Bogdan Muresanu
Cast
Adrian Văncică, Nicoleta Hâncu, Iulian Postelnicu, Mihai Călin, Emilia Dobrin, Andrei Miercure
Producer
Bogdan Muresanu
Cinematographer
Boróka Biró, Tudor Platon
Runtime
Language
Romanian
Subtitles
English
Other festivals
Venice, Zurich
Director
Bogdan Muresanu

Screenings

Saal Kino Sõprus
Screening053101 / Uus aasta, mis ei tulnudki
SubtitlesEnglish
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7th Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening090702 / Uus aasta, mis ei tulnudki
SubtitlesEnglish
Screening duration
7th Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening100704 / Uus aasta, mis ei tulnudki
SubtitlesEnglish
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