Politist, adjectiv

Police, Adjective
Director
Corneliu Porumboiu
Country
Romania
Year
2009
Genre
Fiction
Scriptwriters
Corneliu Porumboiu
Cast
Dragos Bucur, Vlad Ivanov, Ion Stoica, Irina Saulescu, Cosmin Selesi
Production
42 Km Film

Storyline

Cristi is a policeman who refuses to arrest a young man who offers hashish to two of his school mates. “Offering” is punished by the law. Cristi believes that the law will change, he does not want the life of a young man he considers irresponsible to be a burden on his conscience. For his superior the word conscience has a different meaning…

Festivals & Academy awards and others

Chicago International Film Festival 2009
Nominated to Gold Hugo
Transilvania International Film Festival 2009
Winner of Transilvania Trophy Award
Toronto International Film Festival 2010
Nominated to TFCA Award (Best Foreign Language Film)
Barcelona Independent Film Festival, l'Alternativa 2013
Alternativa Parallel

Cannes Awards 2009
IPRESCI Prize
Un Certain Regard Jury Prize