Men of Deeds / Oameni de treabă
Romania, Bulgaria 2022
Directed by Paul Negoescu, drama,/comedy, 106 min, eng subtitles, 16+
Written by Radu Romanicu, Oana Tudor
With Iulian Postelnicu, Vasile Muraru, Anghel Damian, Crina Semciuc
Ilie, a divorced countryside cop on the cusp of 40, is the textbook version of a loser. As he dreams of buying himself an orchard, he finds himself needing to investigate a murder. His long-forgotten moral standards catch up with him. While he can no longer turn a blind eye to the corruption around him, he does a bumbling job of pursuing the perpetrators… turning it into a massacre.
A taste for black comedy, bucolic landscapes and a soundtrack that matches the suspense.