{"id":3070,"date":"2012-07-05T16:09:18","date_gmt":"2012-07-05T15:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/news\/?p=2381"},"modified":"2014-05-27T07:27:02","modified_gmt":"2014-05-27T06:27:02","slug":"somewhere-in-palilula","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2012\/07\/05\/somewhere-in-palilula\/","title":{"rendered":"Somewhere in Palilula"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Somewhere in Palilula<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\nFormat:<\/B> Cinema

\nScreening date:<\/B> 7 July 2012

\nVenue:<\/B> Rich Mix, London

\nDirector:<\/B> Silviu Purcărete

\nWriter:<\/B> Silviu Purcărete

\nOriginal title:<\/B> Undeva la Palilula<\/I>

\nCast:<\/B> Anne Marie Chertic, Constantin Chiriac, Paul Chiributa

\nRomania 2011

\n145 mins\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Somewhere in Palilula anything can happen, and frequently it does. We are invited into a world turned upside down in Silviu Purcărete’s carnivalesque triumph. Serafim, a young paediatrician, arrives in this ghost town, and we learn about the place and its inhabitants through his eyes and the stories he tells. Hard spirits and cigarettes are the staple diet of a community of drunks, doctors, cleaners, prostitutes and a hermaphrodite. There are no children, the hospital patients are not sick, and soon Serafim starts to adapt and feel like he belongs there. Purcărete lifts us to emotional heights with a scintillating score (by composer Vasil\u00e9 Şirli) and awe-inspiring theatrical tableaux (production designers are Helmut Stürmer and Dragoş Buhagiar), then lets us fall into depths of visceral mire, then up again and so on. The director immerses us in fantasy but his tale is hugely allegorical. Here, the legacy of Soviet rule and the onset of market economy in Romania are parodied and mythologised. By pushing surrealist and magic realist genres of cinema, Purcărete carves out a space for himself alongside Luis Buñuel and Federico Fellini. This UK premiere at the EEFF comes highly recommended.<\/p>\n

The East End Film Festival opens on 3 July and runs until 8 July 2012. Somewhere in Palilula<\/I> screens on 7 July at the Rich Mix. For more information please visit the East End Film Festival website<\/A>.<\/div>\n

Nicola Woodham<\/I><\/B><\/p>\n

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We are invited into a world turned upside down in Silviu Purc&#259rete’s carnivalesque triumph.
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