One Floor Below

Un etaj mai jos

Romania, Francia, 2015

Drammatico

Trama

After being the sole unfortunate witness of a domestic quarrel that ends up in a murder, Patrascu finds himself at odds with two very close neighbors: one is the bizarre murderer, the other one his very own conscience.

One Floor Below Diretto da Radu Muntean

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Premi e Festival

Cannes Film Festival

2015

Toronto International Film Festival

2015

Indiewire Critics' Poll

2015 | Candidato: Best Undistributed Film

BFI London Film Festival

2015

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Cast e Troupe

Articoli dal Notebook

Cannes 2015. Day 2

A wonderful, light marital argument in Philippe Garrel, an incomplete Romanian New Wave entry, and a holocaust video game of a film.

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Recensioni e valutazioni

Jason's rating of the film One Floor Below
Jason

This is some crisp, slow-burn Geroges Simenon shit. Scrupulous. This lead: Teodor Corban. Total everyman, total gravitas. I love these Romanian films for the way they deal so bemusedly in bureaucracy, post-communist institutionality, and authority flouting. This will appeal to fans of Chabrol and Tavernier.
September 30, 2015 20:55
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Kamran's rating of the film One Floor Below
Kamran

Review published at Next Projection While the film may momentarily captivate or impress, it never truly feels complete. Read full review: http://nextprojection.com/2015/09/27/viff-one-floor-slow-burn-suspense/
September 27, 2015 17:08
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Marcus Killerby's rating of the film One Floor Below
Marcus Killerby

Marketed as Romania's Rear Window, this is true only if Hitchcock had followed Jimmy Stewart around a Car Registration company through endless scene after endless scene and he had not so much witnessed a murder as heard about one and the killer not so much come after him as been passive agressive. Not entirely without interest but needs to be damned with the faintest of praise.
August 13, 2015 13:09
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Lorna Singh's rating of the film One Floor Below
Lorna Singh

A glimpse into Romanian bureaucracy and thought provoking as we wonder how we would react in a similar situation.
November 10, 2017 00:19
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alice's rating of the film One Floor Below
alice

While in my opinion not his best work, i found the movie to be a true piece of real life story - the kind Romanian new wave cinema is so good at. The long scenes shot with the smallest detail allow the audience to get into the story, and try to get into the head of the main character. We are voyeurs and the tension is truly there, reminding of Hitchocock's "Rear window".
November 18, 2015 17:26
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Loz Loory's rating of the film One Floor Below
Loz Loory

Great performance by the lead actor. Creepy to watch him try to carry on his business while the passive-aggressive murderer inveigles himself into the family's life. The son's last sleep-talking pronouncement sounds like Patrascu's conscience struggling to be heard.
November 10, 2017 03:02
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Kevin Matthews's rating of the film One Floor Below
Kevin Matthews

An enjoyable slow burn thriller/drama that plays out a bit like a cross between Blow Up and any number of intimate World Cinema offerings. The central characters are nicely realised, as is the whole core of the premise, and the script serves both the cast and the ideas being explored very well.
November 09, 2017 12:53
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Slappy McGee's rating of the film One Floor Below
Slappy McGee

A wonderful character study in the guise of a murder thriller. A strong lead performance that pulls us in each and every scene. A fascinating dive into a man's psyche who sits on a dark secret. His reasoning seems to be his own and yet... it is pure and simple at its base. Very humanistic in many ways. Also contains, one of the more realistic fight scenes that I have seen in some time. Very strong work all around.
November 05, 2017 08:08
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