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The Treasure
The Treasure
6.8
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1,012 Ratings

THE TREASURE

Comoara

Directed by Corneliu Porumboiu
Romania, France, 2015
Comedy, Drama

Synopsis

Costi is a family man whose cash-strapped neighbor makes him an intriguing proposition: help him find the fortune reportedly buried somewhere on the grounds of his family’s country home in Romania and split the profits.

Synopsis

Costi is a family man whose cash-strapped neighbor makes him an intriguing proposition: help him find the fortune reportedly buried somewhere on the grounds of his family’s country home in Romania and split the profits.

Our take

Directed by Romanian New Wave mainstay Corneliu Porumboiu (The Whistlers), this comedy is a bureaucratic critique in the form of an absurdist fairytale. With deadpan humor and formal relish—casting nonprofessionals truly living their roles—Porumboiu crafts a delight that ends in cinematic ecstasy.