Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
TITLE
Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
DIRECTOR
Radu Jude
COUNTRY
Romania, Luxemburg, France, Croatia
YEAR
2023
DURATION
163′
GENRE
Comedy, Drama
Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
Part One: We follow Angela, an overworked production assistant who must drive around the city of Bucharest in order to film the casting for a “safety at work” video commissioned by a multinational company, ostensibly to raise awareness among its own employees on the various dangers that lead to work related accidents. Soon she encounters Marian, a half paralysed worker, who gets the part. Part Two: When Marian reveals on camera that his work related accident is due to the company’s negligence, his statement ignites a scandal, which forces him to re-invent his story to suit the company’s narrative.
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Radu Jude
Radu Jude is a Romanian director and screenwriter. In 2006, he made the short film The Tube with a Hat, winner of more than 50 international awards. Jude's feature debut The Happiest Girl in the World (2009) was selected for more than 50 international film festivals. Titles such as Aferim!, Scarred Hearts and Everybody in Our Family followed and won multiple awards. The international premiere of The Dead Nation in Locarno 2017 marked his debut in documentary film. "I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians" (2018) won the Crystal Globe for Best Film and Label Europa Cinema Prize in Karlovy Vary in 2018. Uppercase Print and The Exit of the Trains (co-directed with Adrian Cioflâncă), premiered in Berlinale Forum 2020. His latest feature, Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn, won the Golden Bear in Berlinale 2021. In the summer of 2021, Radu Jude was present in Locarno IFF – Corti d’Autore with the short Caricaturana and in Venice IFF – Out of Competition with the short film Semiotic Plastic. In 2022, Jude returned to Berlinale with a short documentary co-directed with Cioflâncă: Memories from the Eastern Front. His latest short, The Potemkinists premiered in Quinzaine des Realisateurs 2022 and travel in over 20 festivals up to now.
- DirectorRadu Jude
- ScreenplayRADU JUDE
- Cinematography MARIUS PANDURU RSC
- CastILINCA MANOLACHE, OVIDIU PÎRȘAN, NINA HOSS, DORINA LAZĂR, KATIA PASCARIU
- EditingCĂTĂLIN CRISTUȚIU
- Producer/s ADA SOLOMON, ADRIAN SITARU
- Production Company4 PROOF FILM
- Distributor/s World Sales | Heretic
- Project TitleDo Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
- Project TypeFiction
- Completion Date 1 January 2023
- Country of originROMANIA, LUXEMBOURG, FRANCE, CROATIA
- Country of filmingROMANIA, LUXEMBOURG, FRANCE, CROATIA
- LanguageRomanian
- First-time Filmmaker No
- Student ProjectNo
Radu Jude
Radu Jude is a Romanian director and screenwriter. In 2006, he made the short film The Tube with a Hat, winner of more than 50 international awards. Jude's feature debut The Happiest Girl in the World (2009) was selected for more than 50 international film festivals. Titles such as Aferim!, Scarred Hearts and Everybody in Our Family followed and won multiple awards.The international premiere of The Dead Nation in Locarno 2017 marked his debut in documentary film. "I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians" (2018) won the Crystal Globe for Best Film and Label Europa Cinema Prize in Karlovy Vary in 2018. Uppercase Print and The Exit of the Trains (co-directed with Adrian Cioflâncă), premiered in Berlinale Forum 2020. His latest feature, Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn, won the Golden Bear in Berlinale 2021. In the summer of 2021, Radu Jude was present in Locarno IFF – Corti d’Autore with the short Caricaturana and in Venice IFF – Out of Competition with the short film Semiotic Plastic. In 2022, Jude returned to Berlinale with a short documentary co-directed with Cioflâncă: Memories from the Eastern Front. His latest short, The Potemkinists premiered in Quinzaine des Realisateurs 2022 and travel in over 20 festivals up to now.
